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Definition of "radiophone" [ra•di•o•phone]

  • A radiotelephone. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "radiophone" in a sentence
  • "We put her on the satellite radiophone and she gets through to her husband, Joe who is OK."
  • "He does miss music, but there are gramophones, and there are inventions like the radiophone that hold some promise of bringing distant concerts to listeners."
  • "An emergency call to Washinton, put through as soon as Daniels got the radiophone in working order, brought a score of stratosphere patrol ships."