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handset

Noun

hand=set

WORDNET DICTIONARY

handset(n = noun.artifact) french telephone - telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle; Array

has parts: grip, handgrip, handle, hold

is a kind of phone, telephone, telephone set

handset, n.

The mouthpiece and earpiece of a communications device mounted on a single handle; as, when the telephone rings, pick up the handset. [WordNet 1.5]

handset, n. a telephone mouthpiece and earpiece forming one unit.

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