telephone_receiver (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *telephone receiver*:
NOUN	artifact	telephone receiver, receiver	earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds

English > *telephone receiver*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds.
Synonym	receiver
Part of	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
Narrower	headset	receiver consisting of a pair of headphones
Broader	earphone, earpiece, headphone, phone	electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds
Spanish	auricular
Catalan	auricular

HyperDic: telephone_receiver