handset

🇺🇸 /ˈhændset/ 🇬🇧 /ˈhændset/
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noun
R

The part of a phone that you talk into and listen to.

I picked up the handset to make a call.

R

A mobile phone or smartphone without the battery or SIM card.

I bought a new handset last week.

R

A device used to control something like a television.

I can't find the handset for the TV remote.

translation

n. The part of a phone that you talk into and listen to.; A mobile phone or smartphone without the battery or SIM card.; A device used to control something like a television.

Word Forms

Plural handsets