'phone

See also: phone, phoné, and -phone

English

Noun

'phone (plural 'phones)

(UK) Dated form of phone.
- 1918 August, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Bliss”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 127:
  “I wonder if Miss Fulton has forgotten?” “I expect so,” said Harry. “Is she on the ’phone?”

Verb

'phone (third-person singular simple present 'phones, present participle 'phoning, simple past and past participle 'phoned)

(UK) Dated form of phone.

Anagrams

nepho-, pheno-, pheon

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