Hypernyms for "phone"

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Hypernyms

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call in cell phone consonant desk phone dial phone dial telephone earplug extension extension phone French telephone glide handset orinasal orinasal phone pay-phone pay-station phoneme radiophone radiotelephone receiver semivowel sonant speakerphone telephone extension telephone receiver voiced sound vowel vowel sound wireless telephone
What are hypernyms?

Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.

Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.

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