phone receiver

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The part of a telephone that you hold to your ear and mouth.

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Examples (10)

  • She took a deep breath and lifted the phone receiver off its hook.
  • He covered the phone receiver and mouthed, 'It's him.'
  • He slammed the phone receiver down and burst into tears.
  • The phone receiver was dangling from the payphone.
  • He put his hand over the phone receiver to whisper something.
  • She picked up the phone receiver and put it to her ear.
  • She angrily dropped the phone receiver after the heated argument.
  • He cradled the phone receiver awkwardly between his shoulder and ear.
  • The old telephone had a heavy phone receiver.
  • The connection was so bad that she could barely hear through the phone receiver.