n.
1.electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
2.(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
3.electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds phone v.
1.get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
Idiom of the Day
rump session
a meeting held after a larger meeting
After the convention, I attended a rump session which was very interesting.