Picturephone

[ pik-cher-fohn ]

/ ˈpɪk tʃərˌfoʊn /

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Trademark.

a brand of videophone that enables telephone users to see each other while talking.

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Origin of Picturephone

First recorded in 1960–65

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021

Example sentences from the Web for Picturephone

“We talked about the science the whole time the other day,” Krauss told The Daily Beast in a phone interview.
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He added, "I have not had this many phone calls since the shutdown of the government, truthfully."
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The same picture emerges from middle class men in the U.S., Canada, and the Nordic countries.
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That was accomplished by cops such as the one whose picture was clutched so tightly by his widow on Sunday.
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Now it can't open on my phone due to what appears to be software incompatibility.
My Week on Jewish Tinder|Emily Shire|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
She looked from the picture to her daughter, with a frightful glare, in their before mild aspect.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
Each picture bore a label, giving a true description of the once-honoured gem.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
And sure enough when Sunday came, and the pencil was restored to him, he promptly showed nurse his picture.
Children's Ways|James Sully
Mr. Agnew saw the picture, recognised its merit, and wrote a cheque for the full amount asked.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various
A furious controversy concerning this picture had arisen among art critics.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills

British Dictionary definitions for Picturephone

picture phone

noun

a mobile phone that can take, send, and receive photographs

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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