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    handset
    /ˈhan(d)sɛt/

    noun

    • 1. a mobile phone: "many stolen handsets are believed to end up in Eastern Europe"

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  2. HANDSET definition: 1. the outer part of a mobile phone that does not include the battery or the sim card 2. the part…. Learn more.

  3. The meaning of HANDSET is a combined telephone transmitter and receiver mounted on a handheld device.

  4. Handset definition: a telephone having a mouthpiece and earpiece mounted at opposite ends of a handle.. See examples of HANDSET used in a sentence.

  5. 1. countable noun. On some phones, especially older ones, the handset is the part that you hold next to your face in order to speak and listen. 2. countable noun. You can refer to a device such as the remote control of a television or stereo as a handset. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

  6. A handset is the handle-shaped part of a telephone, containing the receiver and transmitter and often a dial or push buttons. The Free Dictionary provides various definitions, synonyms, translations and related words for handset.

  7. Learn the meaning of handset as the outer part of a mobile phone or the part of a telephone that you hold in front of your mouth and against your ear. Find translations of handset in Chinese and other languages.

  8. a mobile phone or smartphone, especially the main part of the phone not including the battery or SIM card. mobile handsets. handset manufacturers. a device that you hold in your hand to operate a television, etc. see also remote control. See handset in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: handset.