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Meanings of Phonating:

verb

Produce or utter speech sounds.

Usage examples:

She was unable to phonate clearly or protrude the tongue

Meanings of Phonation:

noun

The production or utterance of speech sounds.

Usage examples:

Patients may exhibit difficulty with phonation

Meanings of Phonautograph:

noun

An apparatus for automatically recording sound vibrations, incorporating a membrane which vibrates in response to sound waves and has a point attached which makes a tracing on a revolving cylinder.

Meanings of Phone:

noun

A telephone.

Usage examples:

A few seconds later the phone rang

verb

Contact someone by phone.

Usage examples:

He phoned her at work

combining form

Denoting an instrument using or connected with sound.

Usage examples:

Megaphone

Meanings of Phone-call:

noun

An occasion when you use the phone

Usage examples:

Make a phone call i just have to make a quick phone call before we leave., have/get a phone call we…

Meanings of Phone-in:

phrasal verb

To call the place where you work on the phone

Usage examples:

He phoned in to say that he was stuck in traffic and would be late., she phoned in sick on monday m…

Meanings of Phone-tapping:

noun

The activity of secretly fitting a special device to someone's phone in order to listen to their phone conversations without being noticed

Meanings of Phone-up:

phrasal verb

To call someone on the phone

Usage examples:

I'll phone up and see if they have any tickets left., phone sb up clients often phone me up at inco…

Meanings of Phoned:

verb

Contact someone by phone.

Usage examples:

He phoned her at work

noun

A telephone.

Usage examples:

A few seconds later the phone rang

Meanings of Phonematic:

adjective

(in prosodic analysis) denoting a segmental element of vowel or consonant features which combines with other elements such as intonation or stress.

Usage examples:

The phonematic facts are far better explained and more simply set forth if we conceive of a separat…

Meanings of Phonematics:

noun

Phonemics.

Meanings of Phoneme:

noun

Any of the perceptually distinct units of sound in a specified language that distinguish one word from another, for example p, b, d, and t in the english words pad, pat, bad, and bat.

Usage examples:

They can distinguish between any two sounds which represent distinct phonemes in any of the world's…

Meanings of Phonemes:

noun

Any of the perceptually distinct units of sound in a specified language that distinguish one word from another, for example p, b, d, and t in the english words pad, pat, bad, and bat.

Usage examples:

They can distinguish between any two sounds which represent distinct phonemes in any of the world's…

Meanings of Phonemic:

adjective

Relating to phonemes or analysis using phonemes.

Usage examples:

Some children do not develop early decoding skills because they lack phonemic awareness

Meanings of Phonemically:

adverb

With regard to phonemes or phonemic analysis; in terms of phoneme theory.

Meanings of Phonemicist:

noun

A specialist in or student of phonemics.

Meanings of Phonemicize:

verb

To employ phonemic analysis.

Meanings of Phonemicized:

verb

To employ phonemic analysis.

Meanings of Phonemicizing:

verb

To employ phonemic analysis.

Meanings of Phonemics:

plural noun

The study of phonemes or distinct units of sound in a language; phonology.

Usage examples:

Pike's seminal work on the phonemics of tonal languages

Meanings of Phonendoscope:

noun

A type of stethoscope having a chest piece consisting of a flattened circular chamber closed by a diaphragm (originally two movable discs), providing relative amplification of certain auscultatory sounds.

Meanings of Phoner:

noun

A person who makes a telephone call; = "telephoner".

Meanings of Phones:

noun

A telephone.

Usage examples:

A few seconds later the phone rang

verb

Contact someone by phone.

Usage examples:

He phoned her at work

Meanings of Phonesis:

noun

Utterance of vocal sounds.

Meanings of Phonestheme:

noun

A phoneme or group of phonemes having recognizable semantic associations, as a result of appearing in a number of words of similar meaning.