telephone receiver

American  

noun

1. a device, as in a telephone, that converts changes in an electric current into sound.

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Etymology

Origin of telephone receiver

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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telephone receiver

A telephone receiver, a Baofeng-branded radio, and a box of headphones can be seen.

From Reuters ● Jan. 30, 2023

Deep within the belly of the Los Angeles Central Library downtown, a slender, plastic soundstick — a telephone receiver, basically — hangs from a gallery wall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2016

As if to embody the shift, she appears in the video with a silver wig and various other props: a blocky headset, a telephone receiver, someone listed in the credits as a “clever young interviewer.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2016

I sat down and picked up the telephone receiver.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2012

“Shhh,” warned the radio officer, leaning over Maddie’s shoulder and taking hold of the telephone receiver for her so her right hand was treed up for taking notes.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein