landline
noun/ˈlændˌlaɪn/
Frequency rank: #12,918 most common English word
Meaning
A telephone connected by a physical wire to a fixed network, as opposed to a mobile phone.
Example sentence
She prefers to call her grandmother using landline rather than a mobile phone.
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