| telephone order | receiving orders via telephone |
| canteen mobile canteen | a restaurant outside, often for soldiers or policemen |
cellular telephone
cellular phone
cellphone
cell mobile phone | a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own shortange transmitter
receiver |
central
telephone exchange
exchange | a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication |
| dial telephone dial | a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called |
dial telephone
dial phone | a telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called |
extension telephone extension
extension phone | an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line |
handset
French telephone | telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle |
| mobile | sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents |
mobile home
manufactured home | a large house trailer that can be connected to utilities and can be parked in one place and used as permanent housing |
radiotelephone
radiophone
wireless telephone | a telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables |
telephone
phone
telephone set | electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds, I talked to him on the telephone |
| telephone bell | electric bell that rings to signal a call |
telephone booth
phone booth
call box
telephone box
telephone kiosk | booth for using a telephone |
telephone cord
phone cord | the telephone wire that connects to the handset |
telephone jack
phone jack | a jack for plugging in a telephone |
telephone line
phone line
telephone circuit
subscriber line
line | a telephone connection |
telephone plug
phone plug | a plug for connecting a telephone |
telephone pole
telegraph pole
telegraph post | tall pole supporting telephone wires |
telephone receiver
receiver | earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds |
telephone system
phone system | a communication system that transmits sound between distant points |
telephone wire
telephone line telegraph wire
telegraph line | the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals |
telephone
telephony | transmitting speech at a distance |
call phone call
telephone call | a telephone connection, she reported several anonymous calls, he placed a phone call to London, he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call |
phone message
telephone message | a message transmitted by telephone |
radiotelephone
radiotelephony
wireless telephone | telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire |
phonebook
phone book
telephone book
telephone directory | a directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers |
phone number
telephone number
number | the number is used in calling a particular telephone, he has an unlisted number |
phone bill
telephone bill | statement of charges for telephone service |
| checking program | a program that examines other computer programs for syntax errors |
| telephone conversation | a conversation over the telephone |
| telephone interview | an interview conducted over the telephone |
telephone company
telephone service
phone company
phone service
telco | a public utility that provides telephone service |
| Mobile | a port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay |
Mobile
Mobile River | a river in southwestern Alabama, flows into Mobile Bay |
| Mobile Bay | a bay of the Gulf of Mexico, fed by the Mobile River |
first cause
prime mover
primum mobile | an agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause, God is the first cause |
telephone operator
telephonist
switchboard operator | someone who helps callers get the person they are calling |
checking account
chequing account
current account | a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand |
| telephone unit | a unit of measurement for telephone use |
call telephone
call up
phone
ring | get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone, I tried to call you all night, Take two aspirin and call me in the morning |
| fluid mobile | affording change (especially in social status), Britain is not a truly fluid society, upwardly mobile |
| mobile | capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another, a highly mobile face |
| mobile | moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place), a mobile missile system, the tongue is...the most mobile articulator |
| mobile | having transportation available |
mobile
nomadic
peregrine
roving
wandering | migratory, a restless mobile society, the nomadic habits of the Bedouins, believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future, wandering tribes |