handset

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

handset
    n 1: telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a
         single handle [syn: {handset}, {French telephone}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

handset \handset\ n. (Electronics)
   The mouthpiece and earpiece of a communications device
   mounted on a single handle; as, when the telephone rings,
   pick up the handset.

   Syn: French telephone.
        [WordNet 1.5]