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What does the word receiver mean?

Part of speech: noun

One or that which receives; ( 1) a bell shaped glass, as for holding gas; ( 2) one who has official charge of property, etc., under the orders of a court; ( 3) elec.) in telephone and telegraph systems, etc., a device for receiving a message; opposed to transmitter.

Usage examples for receiver

It was as if a wire had been cut, or the receiver hung up; the silence was like death itself. – Victor Ollnee's Discipline by Hamlin Garland
" They're off," came back the answer, and I hung up the, receiver. – Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 by Collected and Arranged by Francis J. Reynolds
Sally hung up the receiver thoughtfully. – The Adventures of Sally by P. G. Wodehouse