Associations to the word «Handset»

Wiktionary

HANDSET, noun. The part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter (and sometimes dial), held in the hand.

Dictionary definition

HANDSET, noun. Telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats