phones
UK/fəʊnz//foʊnz/
phones is the plural of phone.
phones is the third-person singular simple present indicative of phone.
Meaning of phone
Noun (1)
phone (plural phones)
- A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.
- Daragh's on the phone at the moment. He'll call you when he's finished.
- A person's telephone number (as a means of contact); digits.
- It was a clear black night, a clear white moon / Warren G was on the streets tryin' to consume / Some skirts for the eve so I can get some phones / Rollin' in my ride, chillin' all alone1994, Warren G feat. Nate Dogg Regulate (song)
Noun (2)
phone (plural phones)
- A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.
Noun
phones pl (plural only)
- headphones
- I don't like wearing phones for any length of time, but these are as comfortable as any I've tried. The only problem is that their isolation is so good, you feel cut off from the outside world and you can't hear what people are saying about you.1990, Home & Studio Recording, volume 4, page 33
- I ripped the phones off my head, fluffed my hair, and tossed the crumpled lyric sheet in the garbage can before strolling into the control room like a queen.2015, Bethany Michaels, Naughty in Nashville Super Bundle
Phrases with phones
- phones in
- phones up
- bag phones
- bar phones
- bat phones
- car phones
- pay phones
- burn phones
- card phones
- cell phones
- door phones
- dumb phones
34 more phrasesFewer phrases
- flip phones
- home phones
- phones home
- trap phones
- basic phones
- brick phones
- entry phones
- house phones
- Jesus phones
- money phones
- Obama Phones
- phones ahead
- slide phones
- smart phones
- stick phones
- touch phones
- world phones
- answer phones
- burner phones
- buzzer phones
- camera phones
- mobile phones
- rotary phones
- slider phones
- swivel phones
- feature phones
- cellular phones
- cordless phones
- portable phones
- wireless phones
- candy bar phones
- clamshell phones
- satellite phones
- candlestick phones
Words that rhyme with phones
Questions about phones
- What does phones mean?
- Phones means headphones.
- What is phones the plural of?
- Phones is the plural of phone.
- What part of speech is phones?
- Phones is a noun.
- How do you pronounce phones?
- Phones is pronounced /fəʊnz/ (UK).
Words near phones in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: phones (page history and authors); phone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-us-phones.ogg.
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