Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phone home

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.18 in modern English

Syllables
phone home
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make a telephone call to one's home.

Intransitive verb

verb

To contact a remote service for instructions, identification, etc.

Informal; Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

phones home (present, singular) phoning home (participle, present) phoned home (participle, past) phoned home (past)

Questions

What does phone home mean?
To make a telephone call to one's home.

How to pronounce phone home

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