Handset


[noun hand-set; verb, adjective hand-set, -set] /noun ˈhændˌsɛt; verb, adjective ˈhændˈsɛt, -ˌsɛt/

noun
1.
Also called French telephone. a telephone having a mouthpiece and earpiece mounted at opposite ends of a handle.
verb (used with object), handset, handsetting.
2.
to (type) by .
adjective
3.
(of type) by .
4.
(of a publication) printed directly from type by .
/ˈhændˌsɛt/
noun
1.
a telephone mouthpiece and earpiece mounted so that they can be held simultaneously to mouth and ear

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