telephone's

Landline device's attribute

Telephone's is the possessive form of telephone, indicating something belonging to or associated with a telephone: The telephone's ring startled everyone.

It can also be a contraction of "telephone is" or "telephone has" in casual speech: The telephone's been ringing all morning.

device

receiver

One who accepts transmission

  • handsetHeld telephone component
  • cordFlexible twisted strand
  • dialGraduated circular indicator

rotary · keypad · earpiece · mouthpiece · cradle · ringer · landline · base · antenna · speaker

communication

call

Contact by phone

ring · answer · dial · hang up · hold · transfer · conference · connection · signal · reception

network

exchange

Mutual giving and receiving

satellite · fiber · cable · infrastructure · grid · routing · trunk · relay · transmission · bandwidth

service

bill

Amount owed, written

subscription · minutes · data · roaming · long-distance · toll-free · operator · directory · area code · extension

game

whisper

Speech without full voice

distortion · message · misheard · passing · garbled · chain · players · phrase · secret · laughter

Opposites
ownership/attribution

telephone'scaller's

Of the one phoning

user's · speaker's · listener's · receiver's · operator's

Phrases
Family

telephone, telephones, telephoned

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G