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# landline

noun (a landline, landlines)

«landline» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/landline/#m1)
2. It also means the phone number of that fixed phone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/landline/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/landline/#x1)
- Call me on the landline if my mobile is off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/landline/#x2)
- We don't have a landline any more. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/landline/#x3)
- Learn your home landline number in case of an emergency. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/landline/#x4)
- The landline rang during dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/landline/#x5)
- A landline works even when the mobile signal is weak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/landline/#x6)
- Our school office has several landlines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/landline/#x7)
- The landline number starts with the area code. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/landline/#x8)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «landline» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/landline/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«landline» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/landline.html) on Mova free.