There was no one at the other end of a telephone.

I read it to him off the base of the telephone.

The name suggests the use of the telephone, and such indeed is the case.

When you hear the ring of the telephone, be sure to answer.

"I took a picture of the room and the telephone where this happened," she said.

He was particularly put out by the absence of a telephone.

I gave him the number of my telephone, and hung up.

There was a long silence on the other end of the telephone.

The voice on the other end of the telephone was almost screaming.