landline

«landline» in Mova's school dictionary: a telephone connected by a wire to the phone network… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a landline, landlines)

meaning for a pupil

1) A landline is a telephone connected by a wire to the phone network, usually fixed in a house or office, not a mobile phone. tree →

2) It also means the phone number of that fixed phone. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety lessons children learn their home number; many homes now have only mobiles. Phrases: «call the landline», «landline number», «on the landline».

examples

• Grandma still has a landline in her hall. tree →
• Call me on the landline if my mobile is off. tree →
• We don't have a landline any more. tree →
• Learn your home landline number in case of an emergency. tree →
• The landline rang during dinner. tree →
• A landline works even when the mobile signal is weak. tree →
• Our school office has several landlines. tree →
• The landline number starts with the area code. tree →

note

Countable. One word: landline. The opposite is a mobile (UK) or cell phone (US). In an emergency you can call 999 (UK, Ireland), 911 (USA, Canada), 000 (Australia) or 111 (New Zealand) from any phone.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «landline» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.