Definitions
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
Word origin
The noun is derived from tele- (prefix meaning ‘from a distance’) + -phone (suffix denoting a device which makes a sound), modelled after German Telephon (“early apparatus converting sound into electrical signals”) (dated) (now German Telefon). The word was first used to refer to the modern device in 1876 by the Scottish-born Canadian-American engineer Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922).
Used in a sentence
“string telephone tin can telephone”
“The days are behind us (I recall) when children played with makeshift telephones made from jam tins connected by string; […]”
“And since the spring of 1995, no game of telephone has ended without some Simpsons-loving smart-ass dropping "purple monkey dishwasher" into the chain.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer12 curated clues
01“communication device”9 letters
02“Device for dialing”9 letters
03“Device for voice calls”9 letters
04“Landline device”9 letters
05“Old desk calling device”9 letters
06“Old-school calling device”9 letters
07“Old-style device for calls”9 letters
08“Tool for voice calls”9 letters
09“Voice line device”9 letters
10“Voice-call device”9 letters
11“Voice-call instrument”9 letters
12“Voice-calling instrument”9 letters
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