landline
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈlændˌlaɪn/
:
teléfono fijo
- That's why we keep a landline.
- a landline phone
- a landline telephone
- mobile or landline
Like it can dial over Internet to landline like Skype can.
- Like it can dial over Internet to landline like Skype can.
- But they, for example, get them mostly by calling landlines.
- But let's say, for example, you have like a landline.
- So, you know, the, the, the phone, they, we still have a landline.
- And and all cell phones, all Internet, all landlines, everything gets cut for the whole entire compound.
- And so the technology there was terribly important that it really sounded just like a landline.
- And but now people are on cell phones all day and they don't even use landlines anymore.
- I like meeting people and I like talking from a landline if I have to because the sounds nicer as well.
- You do not need a landline calling packages, so get rid of them don't pay for them, OK.
- You know, it's true because I think the the the landline phone, the, the, the, you know, the home phone is now the equivalent of the doorbell.
- Do not ever use there's a phone, a landline to call out.
- And I just want to say, don't you dare touch my landline.
- We went later, but Nixon calls him on a landline.
Examples
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In large parts of the world, there will never be landline networks created.
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You need a phone number and a phone for your new landline.
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We can use their landline to call for help.
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Then use the landline and call the police.
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It's also important if you gave the insurance company a landline number rather than a cell number.
Blog text (9) -
You can give her a call once we get to the cottage, I have a landline there.
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"Just 15 years ago, the only communication device that existed was the landline."
Academic text (2010) -
There's a landline in my office.
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Until the 1990s, surveys were conducted almost exclusively in person, via landline telephone, and by mail.
Academic text (2016) -
We can use their landline to call for help.
Synonyms
∞
3.2
A connection that carries phone or internet signals
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1.6
A wire that carries telephone calls between two places
13
1.8
A wire that carries voices so people can call each other
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4.0
A telephone wire that connects a home or building to the local phone exchange
Antonyms
How Modern
1
3.3
- Specialized
3
6.0
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3.3
- Archaic
- Archaic
1
6.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Landline comes from land 'ground' and line 'wire', so you can picture a telephone wire fixed on the ground. That's why a landline is a phone that uses wires and stays in one place, not a mobile phone.