Definition of Landlines

1. Noun. (plural of landline) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Landlines

1. landline [n] - See also: landline

Lexicographical Neighbors of Landlines

landing strips
landing vehicle tracked
landing vehicles tracked
landings
landladies
landlady
landladyish
landleaper
landleapers
landler
landlers
landless
landlessness
landlessnesses
landline
landlines (current term)
landlocked
landlocked salmon
landloper
landlopers
landlord
landlord's lien
landlordism
landlordisms
landlordless
landlordry
landlords
landlouper
landloupers
landlouping

Literary usage of Landlines

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cell Phone: An Anthropology of Communicationby Heather A. Horst, Daniel Miller by Heather A. Horst, Daniel Miller (2006)
"The Contrast with landlines Most of the published literature on the cell phone concentrates on the specific contrast with landlines since in affluent ..."

2. Information and Communication Technologies for Development in Africa by Tina James (2004)
"were dialling up via landlines, and the other four were to pilot the use of ... The landlines were reported to be unreliable due to traffic congestion and ..."

3. Treaties and Agreements with and Concerning China, 1894-1919: A Collection by John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1921)
"... the landlines between Taku and Peking, and to reopen public stations at Tien-tsin and Peking, on condition that the Companies shall have the absolute ..."

4. Treaties and Agreements with and Concerning China, 1894-1919: A Collection by John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1921)
"... the landlines between Taku and Peking, and to reopen public stations at Tien-tsin and Peking, on condition that the Companies shall have the absolute ..."

5. The Electrical Engineer (1889)
"The landlines from the cable landing to Coney Island to the Western Union Company's offices ... The whole of the work, including the landlines at this end, ..."

6. The Telecommunications Challenge: Changing Technologies and Evolving by Charles W. Wessner (2006)
"Days Numbered for landlines? This would not be as minor a change as it ... The many people who had been holding onto landlines because their cell phones did ..."

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