The Clue
Cellular ___ (5 letter answer)
The Answer
PHONE
Tags
Notes
The answer PHONE is common and appears about once every 250 puzzles.
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Ring
Button site
Call up
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Communicate, in a way
Conversation piece
Cradle contents
Dial a number
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Get on the horn
Get on the line
Get in touch with
Give a buzz
Kind of booth
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One of Ma Bell's brood
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Sound: Comb. form
Drop a dime, so to speak
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Definition
PHONE as a noun:
1. (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"
2. (phone, speech sound, sound) = (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
3. (earphone, earpiece, headphone, phone) = electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear; "it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked"
PHONE as a verb:
1. (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"