handset
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈhændˌsɛt/
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- When the phone rang, she quickly grabbed the handset to answer the call.
- a telephone handset
- a phone handset
- cradle the handset
And then while we are staring at this thing and laughing, it rings because the banana had closed the contacts just like the phone handset does.
- And then while we are staring at this thing and laughing, it rings because the banana had closed the contacts just like the phone handset does.
- You know, I, I, I keep saying handset, huh?
- You have control of the way you feel and then finally you have control of your handset.
- A lot of revenues coming from cell phones, handsets as they call them, which I always think is a weird word handset.
Examples
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Listen, Curly, could you pick up the handset so we could talk?
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Then he listened to the telephone handset as it rang precisely three times.
Fiction book (2001) -
Let's now put the handset near it and see if it goes off.
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In the morning, he debated whether to take the handset with him into the elevator.
Fiction book (1994) -
"Put me through," Banish said, lifting the handset off its hook.
Fiction book (1995) -
Rather than activate the speaker, Pancho put the handset to her ear.
Fiction book (2001) -
The small screen on a typical cell phone, for instance, consumes as much as half the handset's power.
Academic text (2009) -
Lifting the intercom handset from the wall, he speaks calmly, in perfect English.
Fiction book (1996) -
Deciding to take this as a suggestion, D.J. quietly lowered the phone's handset until it clicked into the cradle.
Fiction book (1994) -
Inside the compartment was a red-colored telephone handset with communications cords and several unmarked buttons.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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A part of a phone that you hold to your ear and mouth to listen and speak
A telephone that has the mouthpiece and earpiece on one handle
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Handset comes from two simple parts, hand and set, where set can mean a 'piece of equipment' or a 'group'. So a handset is literally a 'set' for the hand, which is why it names the part of a phone you hold to speak and listen.