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phones

/fəʊnz/ UK
/foʊnz/ US

Rhymes with -əʊnz, -oʊnz

noun

plural plural of phone

noun

informal, plural, plural only headphones I don't like wearing phones for any length of time, but these are as comfortable as any I've tried. The only problem is that their isolation is so good, you feel cut off from the outside world and you can't hear what people are saying about you.

verb

indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of phone

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: telephone, call, earphone, earpiece, headphone, call up, ring, sound, speech sound, telephone set, headphones, earphones, handset, telephony, hotline, tel

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@misc{phones_2026,
  title = {phones},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/phones},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}