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# handset

noun (handset, handsets)

«handset» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The part of a telephone that you hold to your ear and mouth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handset/#m1)
2. A mobile phone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handset/#m2)
3. A hand-held remote control or device. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handset/#m3)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «handset» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handset/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«handset» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handset.html) on Mova free.