cordless telephone
Mobile home phone
A cordless telephone is a phone with a handset that communicates wirelessly with a base station, allowing the user to move around while talking.
The base connects to a landline; the handset operates on battery power and must be returned to the base for recharging.
Once revolutionary, cordless phones have been largely displaced by cell phones.
- callContact by phone
- wirelessUntethered signal transmission
- dial toneSound indicating phone readiness
- cellularComposed of small units
- lineContinuous mark or queue
land line · beeper · buzz · rechargeable battery · low battery · talk time · handset · pager · base station · intercom · rotary dial · speed dial · hold button · call waiting · VoIP · switchboard · ringer · transceiver
cords, corded, cording, cordage, telephone, telephones, telephoned, telephoning, telephonic