LANDLINE Definition & Meaning

landline

[ land-lahyn ]

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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 land·line tel·e·phone [land, -lahyn , tel, -, uh, -fohn],. a telephone that is connected by wire to a network. Compare smartphone ( def ), dumbphone ( def ).
Citizens Band Radio Slang. a telephone.

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Origin of landline¹

First recorded in 1860–65; land + line ¹

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In some cases, the numbers ring to landlines that burned down.

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From there, landlines transmitted the ballots to Mission Control, who then electronically sent them to the astronauts' county clerks for filing.

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Williams also told “Good Day New York” she is “not allowed to go outside” and that she only has access to a landline since her guardian “has been having my phone for years now.”

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In exchange for their confession, which can be made over a landline phone, they will receive a prophecy that is printed on a piece of paper.

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Zhao wasn’t good with phones — he mainly used a landline and had a cell phone, but rarely responded to messages or picked up calls.

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