landline

[ land-lahyn ]

noun
  1. a circuit of wire or cable connecting two ground locations.

  2. a telecommunications line, service, or connection that uses wire running over land or underground to connect to a network: telegraph and telephone landlines.

  1. Also called land·line tel·e·phone [land-lahyn tel-uh-fohn], /ˈlændˌlaɪn ˈtɛl əˌfoʊn/, land·line phone . a telephone that is connected by wire to a network.: Compare smartphone, dumbphone.

  2. Citizens Band Radio Slang. a telephone.

Origin of landline

1
First recorded in 1860–65; land + line1

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British Dictionary definitions for land line

land line

noun
  1. a telecommunications wire or cable laid over land

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