Definitions for handsets

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handsets hand·set

Spelling: [noun hand-set; verb, adjective hand-

IPA: /noun ˈhændˌsɛt; verb, adjective ˈhændˈsɛt, -ˌsɛt/

Handsets is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 315 anagrams from letters in handsets (adehnsst).

Definitions for handsets

noun

1. Also called French telephone. a telephone having a mouthpiece and earpiece mounted at opposite ends of a handle.
2. Also called French telephone. a telephone having a mouthpiece and earpiece mounted at opposite ends of a handle.

adjective

1. (of type) set by hand.
2. (of a publication) printed directly from type set by hand.
3. (of type) set by hand.
4. (of a publication) printed directly from type set by hand.

verb (used with object)

1. to set (type) by hand.
2. to set (type) by hand.

Origin of handsets

First recorded in 1915-20; hand + set

Examples for handsets

He lifted the handset from its cradle and dialed the operator.

Android is created by Google but used by dozens of handset makers, including Samsung, HTC and Motorola.

To get at the rest, Google created Android and gives it away free to handset makers.

It owns Motorola, but handset producers like Samsung and LG make the most popular phones that run on Android.

Another man quickly picked up a handset and spoke briefly into it.

Another man quickly picked up a handset and spoke briefly into it.

He lifted the handset from its cradle and dialed the operator.

To get at the rest, Google created Android and gives it away free to handset makers.

It owns Motorola, but handset producers like Samsung and LG make the most popular phones that run on Android.

Android is created by Google but used by dozens of handset makers, including Samsung, HTC and Motorola.