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# handset

«handset» in Mova's school dictionary: **The part of a telephone that you hold to your ear and mouth** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (handset, handsets)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The part of a telephone that you hold to your ear and mouth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handset/#m1)

2) A mobile phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handset/#m2)

3) A hand-held remote control or device. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handset/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday and technology talk it means a phone or the part of a phone you hold. Shops say «handset» for mobile phones. Phrases: mobile handset, pick up the handset, cordless handset.

### examples

- Grandma picked up the handset and said hello. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handset/#x1)
- The shop sells the newest mobile handsets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handset/#x2)
- Put the cordless handset back on its base to charge it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handset/#x3)
- My dad's old handset still works. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handset/#x4)
- The TV handset is lost under the sofa again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handset/#x5)
- Speak clearly into the handset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handset/#x6)

### note

Compound: hand + set. More technical than «phone»; children usually say «phone» or «mobile».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «handset» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handset/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.