telephone receiver

noun

1. a device, as in a telephone, that converts changes in an electric current into sound.

Word History and Origins

Origin of telephone receiver¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Inside, however, is a telephone receiver and key pad that used to be in the tunnel at Giants Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times

A telephone receiver, a Baofeng-branded radio, and a box of headphones can be seen.

From Reuters

Bell listened for the telltale tone on the telephone receiver.

From Literature

She still held the telephone receiver to her ear as she waited for the operator to ring the doctor, and spoke as if she only saw Ophie.

From Literature

Like the Surrealist Salvador Dalí, who replaced telephone receivers with lobsters, Jacobs creates a hilarity that can also be philosophical.

From New York Times