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Noun: telephone set  'te-lu,fown set
  1. 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 set";
    - telephone, phone

Derived forms: telephone sets

Type of: electronic equipment

Part of: phone system, telephone system

Encyclopedia: Telephone set