house phones

Hotel room phones

House phones are telephones provided for internal use within a building—typically hotels, hospitals, or office complexes.

They connect to the front desk, other rooms, or specific departments rather than outside lines: She used the house phone to call the concierge.

In hotels, house phones are usually located in lobbies for guests who need assistance.

Related

switchboards · rotary dial · extensions · receiver · touchtone · ringer · base stations · area codes · speakerphones · answering machines · dial tones · hold music · caller ID · intercom · party line · wall-mounted · off the hook · long distance

Opposites
mobility and ownership

house phonescell phones

Wireless handheld communication devices

mobile phones · smartphones · cellular phones · satellite phones · mobile devices

ownership/assignment

house phonesprivate number

Telephone kept from directories

Family

house, phone, houses, phones, housed, housing, housekeeper, housewife, household

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G