Meaning

2 senses
  1. A device that allows two-way communication by means of a radio.

  2. Synonym of mobile phone

More definitions
  • a telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables
  • telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire

Translations

3 languages

Origin

From radio + telephone.

From radio + telephone.

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Forms

plural: radiotelephones

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables:radiophonewireless telephone
  • telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire:radiotelephonywireless telephone

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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