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Noun: handset  'hand,set
  1. Telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle
     
  2. A handheld remote-control for a piece of electronic equipment

Derived forms: handsets

Type of: phone, telephone, telephone set

Encyclopedia: Handset

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