landline (phone)

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• landline — land‧line [ˈlændlaɪn] noun [countable] TELECOMMUNICATIONS a telephone connection that receives a signal from wires attached to poles or from a cable (= thick wire ) under the ground: • I ll call you back on the landline, it s cheaper. * * *… …   Financial and business terms

• Landline — A landline, main line or fixed line is a telephone line which travels through a solid medium, either metal wire or optical fibre. This is distinguished from a mobile cellular line, where the medium used is the airwaves. Landlines usually cost… …   Wikipedia

• landline — UK [ˈlæn(d)ˌlaɪn] / US [ˈlændˌlaɪn] noun [countable] Word forms landline : singular landline plural landlines 1) a cable (= set of wires) that carries telephone signals under or over the ground, used when comparing this to signals sent using a… …   English dictionary

• phone — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ⇨ See also ↑telephone ADJECTIVE ▪ cell (usually cellphone) (esp. AmE), cellular (esp. AmE), mobile (BrE) ▪ pay (usually payphone) …   Collocations dictionary

• landline — A good old phone line, with actual copper cables. Or a phone that s attached to such a line. I can t hear a thing you re saying. Hold on, lemme call you from a landline …   Dictionary of american slang

• landline — A good old phone line, with actual copper cables. Or a phone that s attached to such a line. I can t hear a thing you re saying. Hold on, lemme call you from a landline …   Dictionary of american slang

• landline — land|line [ lænd,laın ] noun count 1. ) a CABLE (=set of wires) that carries telephone signals under or over the ground, used when comparing this to signals sent using a satellite: landline technology 2. ) a telephone that is not a mobile phone:… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• landline — noun Landline is used before these nouns: ↑phone …   Collocations dictionary

• landline — [ˈlæn(d)ˌlaɪn] noun [C] a telephone that is not a mobile phone …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• landline — noun a telephone line that travels over terrestrial circuits a land line can be wire or fiber optics or microwave • Syn: ↑land line • Hypernyms: ↑telephone line, ↑phone line, ↑telephone circuit, ↑subscriber line, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary