push-button phone
1push button — noun an electrical switch operated by pressing the elevator was operated by push buttons the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk • Syn: ↑push, ↑button • Hypernyms: ↑switch, ↑electric switch, ↑ …
2push-button — adjective Date: 1916 1. operated or done by means of push buttons < a push button phone > 2. using or dependent on complex and more or less self operating mechanisms that are put in operation by a simple act comparable to pushing a button < push… …
3button — but|ton1 [ bʌtn ] noun count ** 1. ) a small round object that is used for fastening clothes by pushing it through a hole: He had undone the top button of his shirt. a blouse with small pearl buttons 2. ) a small object that you press to make a… …
4button — I UK [ˈbʌt(ə)n] / US noun [countable] Word forms button : singular button plural buttons ** 1) a small object that you press to make a machine start working or perform a particular action Just press this button to start the computer. Press the… …
5button*/*/ — [ˈbʌt(ə)n] noun [C] I 1) a small object that you press to make a machine do something Press this button to start the computer.[/ex] a push button phone[/ex] 2) a small round object that is used for fastening clothes by pushing it through a hole… …
6phone — Synonyms and related words: allophone, alveolar, amplitude, apico alveolar, apico dental, articulation, aspiration, assimilation, auditory effect, auditory phenomenon, bilabial, buzz, cacuminal, call, call box, call up, cerebral, check, coin… …
7Push to talk — (PTT), also known as Press to Transmit , is a method of conversing on half duplex communication lines, including two way radio, using a momentary button to switch from voice reception mode to transmit mode.Conventional two way radiosFor… …
8push — ▪ I. push push 1 [pʊʆ] verb [transitive] 1. to work hard to persuade people to buy more of a product, for example by advertising it a lot: • Our sales staff will be pushing the new model hard. • IBM will use its huge sales force to push this… …
9Mobile phone — Cell Phone redirects here. For the film, see Cell Phone (film). Handphone redirects here. For the film, see Handphone (film) …
10key|phone — «KEE FOHN», noun. British. a push button telephone: »Looking exactly like a conventional instrument, except for its 10 button keypad in place of the rotary dial, the keyphone is being sold to the public as “the phone with the modern touch” (New… …
