Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

field telephone

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English

Syllables: field- tele-phone
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A portable telephone used for military communication.

Example Sentences

"Contact is maintained between the works offices and the men at the tunnel faces by an extensive system of field telephones."

Inflected Forms

field telephones (plural)

Questions

What does field telephone mean?: A portable telephone used for military communication.

How to pronounce field telephone

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