# phones

Pronunciation: say "FOHNZ" US /foʊnz/, UK /fəʊnz/

## Noun

1. Plural of phone. — plural of phone
   - Simple: Plural of phone. Use this form when you mean more than one phone.
   - _She charges all three phones overnight on the same power strip._
   - _Older phones often lacked cameras and color screens._
3. Headphones, small speakers worn over or in the ears for listening to sound privately. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Small speakers worn on or in your ears so you can listen without others hearing.
   - _Slip your phones on if you want to hear the rough mix._
   - _The sound engineer monitored the take through a worn pair of phones._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of phone. — third-person singular simple present indicative of phone
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of phone. Use it with he, she, or it.
   - _Whenever a problem comes up, she phones the help desk right away._
   - _The nurse phones each patient a day before the appointment._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/phones (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).