Meaning

3 senses
  1. The part of a landline telephone containing both receiver and transmitter (and sometimes dial), held in the hand.

    der Hörer, der Telefonhörer

    телефо́нная тру́бкаtelefónnaja trúbka, тру́бкаtrúbka

  2. A mobile phone.

  3. A hand-held device for remote control of a piece of equipment.

More definitions
  • telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Tom has a cordless phone with two handsets.

    deTom hat ein schnurloses Telefon mit zwei Handgeräten. — freddy1

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  2. The customer gets the best possible price for his old handset.

  3. The handset broke in two.

  4. It is not recommended to leave phone handsets out of the charger for long periods of time.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand:

Origin

From hand + set.

From hand + set.

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Forms

plural: handsets
Singularhandset
Pluralhandsets

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle:French telephone

Word family

1 related words
Relatedheadset

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
handset — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto