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FRENCH TELEPHONE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle
Synonyms:
French telephone; handset
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("French telephone" is a kind of...):
phone; telephone; telephone set (electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds)
Meronyms (parts of "French telephone"):
grip; handgrip; handle; hold (the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it)