landline
[ land-lahyn ]
/ ˈlændˌlaɪn /
noun
a circuit of wire or cable connecting two ground locations.
a telecommunications line, service, or connection that uses wire running over land or underground to connect to a network: telegraph and telephone landlines.
Also called landline telephone, landline phone. a telephone that is connected by wire to a network.
Citizens Band Radio Slang. a telephone.
Nearby words
landino, landis, landis, kenesaw mountain, landlady, landless, landline, landlocked, landlocked salmon, landloper, landlord, landlordism
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British Dictionary definitions for land line
land line
noun
a telecommunications wire or cable laid over land
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Word Origin and History for land line
landline
also land-line, by 1861, originally a telegraph wire run over land (as opposed to under sea); from land (n.) + line (n.). In modern use (by 1965), a telephone line which uses wire or some other material (distinguished from a radio or cellular line).
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