cordless telephone

British  

noun

1. a portable battery-powered telephone with a short-range radio link to a fixed base unit

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Example Sentences

At first, she could chat with her father through a glass door, using a cordless telephone.

From New York Times

This is how balling I was: I bought a cordless telephone.

From Literature

Yosemite is an excellent desktop operating system, but in a world where "desktop operating system" is starting to feel as antiquated a phrase as "cordless telephone," I don’t see Apple moving boldly into the brave unknown.

From The Verge

His first Big Idea came in the mid-’90s, when he tried to buy a cordless telephone.

From Forbes

She has an iMac, iPad, iPhone and Kindle, as well as satellite television, fax machine, computerized sprinkler system, voicemail, cordless telephone, sophisticated ADT alarm system and various electronic gadgets throughout the house.

From Forbes