noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/ˈlændˌlaɪn/
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CMU ARPABET:L AE1 N D L AY2 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
A fixed telephone communications cable; originally, one run over land, as opposed to a submarine cable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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noun
Meaning 2
A telephone connected by such a fixed wire that allows multiple phones to operate simultaneously on the same phone number, specifically not cellular/mobile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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noun
Meaning 3
That which is connected by such a fixed wire (telephone, internet etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive
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4
noun
Meaning 4
a telephone line that travels over terrestrial circuits
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a land line can be wire or fiber optics or microwave