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cryptophone

cryptophone noun: a secure telephone that provides security against eavesdropping and electronic surveillance.

Noun

cryptophone (plural cryptophones)

  1. A secure telephone that provides security against eavesdropping and electronic surveillance.
    • The bulky refrigerator-size boxes that scrambled the phone discussions of Roosevelt and Churchill are just steps from the hefty cryptophones of the 1970s and more modern versions.2008 March 12, Peter Wayner, “Psst! Follow Me and I’ll Show You the Exhibition”, in New York Times

Forms of cryptophone

pluralcryptophones

Origin of cryptophone

From crypto- + phone.

Questions about cryptophone

What does cryptophone mean?
Cryptophone means a secure telephone that provides security against eavesdropping and electronic surveillance.
What part of speech is cryptophone?
Cryptophone is a noun.
What is the plural of cryptophone?
The plural of cryptophone is cryptophones.

Words near cryptophone in the dictionary

  1. cryptophane
  2. cryptophanes
  3. cryptophasia
  4. cryptophasic
  5. cryptophobia
  6. cryptophone
  7. cryptophones
  8. cryptophthalmos
  9. cryptophycean
  10. cryptophyceans
  11. cryptophycin

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