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interphone

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in⋅ter⋅phone

[in-ter-fohn]
–noun
1. an intercommunication system using telephones to connect offices, stations, etc., as in a building or ship; intercom.
2. a telephone used in such a system.

Origin:
1940–45; formerly trademark
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in·ter·phone   (ĭn'tər-fōn')   
n.  A telephone used in a small closed system of telephones: "The sergeant lifted the interphone and told the pilot that the door was properly sealed" (Tom Clancy).
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