1. a device used to make and receive telephone calls
2. a speech sound in a language
Usage: linguistics

1. to make a telephone call to someone

Examples

• She answered the phone on the first ring.
• I left my phone at home this morning.
• The phone has been ringing all day.
• Can you phone me later tonight?
• He phoned his mother to wish her happy birthday.
• My phone battery is almost dead.
• The linguist studied the different phones in the dialect.