ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsTtelephone
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telephone
Meaning: a device that lets people talk to each other across long distances
telephone in a sentence
How telephone is used in real sentences:
Before smartphones existed, families would gather around a single telephone in the hallway.
When the power went out, the only working telephone in the house was an old rotary model in the basement.
“Together, they hoped to create a telephone that carried spoken words beyond the room.”
— from the passage Voices Through a Wire
Synonyms for telephone
Other words for telephone — landline — carry the same meaning.
- landline
Where it comes from
From Greek tēle 'far' + phōnē 'sound or voice'
Word parts
- phon — sound, voice
telephone: tele- (far) + phon (sound)
Memory hook
TELE (far) + PHONE (sound) — carrying sound across a distance.