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radio telephone

radio telephone is the alternative form of radiotelephone.

Meaning of radiotelephone

Noun

radiotelephone (plural radiotelephones)

  1. A device that allows two-way communication by means of a radio.
    • The patrol cop with the radiotelephone remained outside the bar, as the rest of the cops entered the club shouting: "Police! We're taking the place!"2006 May 25, Leslie Feinberg, “Cops raid the Stonewall Inn”, in Workers World
  2. Synonym of mobile phone
    Synonyms:
    mobile phone

See all 3 meanings of radiotelephone

Forms of radio telephone

pluralradio telephones

Questions about radio telephone

What is radio telephone the alternative form of?
Radio telephone is the alternative form of radiotelephone.

Words near radio telephone in the dictionary

  1. radio tag
  2. radio tagging
  3. radio tags
  4. radio telegraphy
  5. radio telemetry
  6. radio telephone
  7. radio telephones
  8. radio telephony
  9. radio telescope
  10. radio telescopes
  11. radio tower

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Adapted from Wiktionary: radio telephone (page history and authors); radiotelephone (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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