land line

L l

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [land lahyn]
- /lænd laɪn/
- /lænd laɪn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [land lahyn]
- /lænd laɪn/

Definitions of land line words

noun land line a circuit of wire or cable connecting two ground locations. 1
noun land line a telecommunications line, service, or connection that uses wire running over land or underground to connect to a network: telegraph and telephone landlines. 1
noun land line Also called landline telephone, landline phone. a telephone that is connected by wire to a network. 1
noun land line Citizens Band Radio Slang. a telephone. 1
noun land line a telecommunications wire or cable laid over land 0
noun land line A landline. 0

See all 6 definitions of land line

Information block about the term

Origin of land line

First appearance:

before 1860

One of the 29% newest English words

First recorded in 1860-65; land + line1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Land line

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Land line

land line popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

land line usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer