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cryptophones

cryptophones is the plural of cryptophone.

Meaning of cryptophone

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

Questions about cryptophones

What is cryptophones the plural of?
Cryptophones is the plural of cryptophone.

Words near cryptophones in the dictionary

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

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