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.
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Words nearby landline
landini, landini cadence, landis, landlady, landless, landline, landlocked, landlocked salmon, landloper, landlord, landlordism
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Example sentences from the Web for landline
During one late-evening delivery, when he saw the office was mostly empty, he asked if he could use the landline.
The move is an acknowledgment that the landline business is largely dead and the mobile phone has saturated the world.
Meanwhile, voice—i.e., landline telephone service—also seems to have peaked.
I cannot believe Annabelle would refuse an iPhone and prefer a landline.