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phone | rhone |

As a verb phone

is .

As a noun rhone is

(scotland) a horizontal section of guttering, collecting rainwater from a roof.

phone

English

(wikipedia phone)

Etymology 1

Shortening of (telephone).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances.
    • Derived terms
    * cell phone * clamshell phone * flip phone * mobile phone * phone sex * phone tag * smartphone
    See also
    *

    Verb

    (phon)
  • To call (someone) on the telephone.
    • Synonyms
    * call, ring, telephone
    Derived terms
    * phone it in * phone up

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (phonetics) A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.
    • Related terms
    * phonetic * phonetically * phonetics * phonology * phoneme

    rhone

    English

    (wikipedia Rhone)

    Alternative forms

    *

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A river in Switzerland and France that flows from the Alps to the Mediterranean Sea.

    • Anagrams

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