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handset definition

☆ hand·set (hand′set′)

noun

a telephone mouthpiece, receiver, and dial or push buttons in a single unit, for holding in one hand

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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