corded phone
Wired home telephone
A corded phone is a telephone physically connected to a wall jack by a wire, as opposed to a cordless or mobile phone.
The term emerged only after cordless phones became common—before that, all phones were corded and needed no distinguishing label.
My grandmother still has a corded phone in her kitchen.
- rotaryInvolving circular motion
- rotary dialCircular phone input
- dialGraduated circular indicator
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
- handsetHeld telephone component
landline · tangled · wall · kitchen · busy signal · wrong number · off the hook · dial tone · hang up · ring · answering machine · coiled · operator · long distance · area code · party line · cradle · ringer
portability/mobility
corded phonecordless phone
Untethered home telephone
cell phone · mobile phone · cellular phone · portable phone · smartphone
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