handset (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *handset*:
NOUN	artifact	handset, French telephone	telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle

handset > pronunciation
Sounds	hhae'ndseh.t
Rhymes	abet ... yet: 108 rhymes with eht...

English > *handset*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle.
Synonym	French telephone
Parts	handle, grip, handgrip, hold	The appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
Broader	telephone, phone, telephone set	electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
Spanish	microteléfono
Catalan	microtelèfon

HyperDic: handset