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Meaning of trimphone | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A luxury telephone of the 1960s with a then-innovative electronic ringer and illuminated dial.

UK

Examples

“Song thrushes normally have a large song repertoire, and Slater suggests that the trimphone sound has been taken up because it is sufficiently similar to the normal songs to be learned and imitated[…]”

“While an acoustic coupler can be used with ordinary telephones, it cannot be used with modern trimphones[…]”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

trimpot Trims Trimsaran trimuon Trimurti trimusculid