Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

candlestick telephone

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables: can-dle-stick- tele-phone
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An early style of telephone with a mouthpiece (transmitter) mounted at the top of its stand, and a receiver that was held by the user to the ear during a call. When not in use, the receiver rested in the fork of the switch hook protruding to the side of the stand, thereby disconnecting the audio circuit from the network.

Inflected Forms

candlestick telephones (plural)

Synonyms

candlestick phone daffodil telephone pedestal telephone pillar telephone stick phone

Questions

What does candlestick telephone mean?: An early style of telephone with a mouthpiece (transmitter) mounted at the top of its stand, and a receiver that was held by the user to the ear during a call. When not in use, the receiver rested in the fork of the switch hook protruding to the side of the stand, thereby disconnecting the audio circuit from the network.

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