landline

Definition of Landline in English :

1. land line, landline

a telephone line that travels over terrestrial circuits

Example Sentences:
'a land line can be wire or fiber optics or microwave'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Landline

noun

1.

a.

a telephone attached to a network by a socket, as opposed to a mobile phone

when a caller rings you on your landline

b.

(as modifier)

The cuts apply to both landline and mobile calls to mobile networks.

my landline number

2.

a telecommunications wire or cable laid over land

n.

1.

a. A traditional telephone line in which a telephone is connected to the public network by cables.

b. Telephone service provided by such cables: I don't have a landline; please call me on my cellphone.

2. An aboveground communications cable on land.