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has gloss	(noun) telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle French telephone, handset
has gloss	eng: On a telephone, the handset is a device the user holds to the ear to hear audio. Modern handsets typically contain a microphone as well, but in early telephones the microphone was mounted on the phone itself, which often was attached to a wall at a convenient height for talking. Handsets on such phones were called receivers, a term often applied to modern handsets. Until the advent of the cordless telephone, the handset was usually wired to the base unit, typically by highly flexible tinsel wire.
lexicalization	eng: French telephone
lexicalization	eng: handset
subclass of	(noun) electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds; "I talked to him on the telephone" telephone set, telephone, phone

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has part	(noun) the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" handgrip, grip, handle, hold
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