- housephone
- noun (C) a telephone that can only be used to make calls within a building, especially a hotel
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
housephone
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housephone — /hows fohn /, n. a telephone, used for making calls within a hotel or apartment house, that does not have a direct line to an exchange and whose calls are routed through the building s switchboard. [HOUSE + PHONE1] * * * … Universalium
housephone — house|phone [ˈhausfəun US foun] n a telephone that can only be used to make calls within a building, especially a hotel … Dictionary of contemporary English
housephone — n. telephone for making calls within a hotel … English contemporary dictionary
housephone — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a telephone that is connected to the switchboard of a building (as a hotel or apartment house) but not directly to the exchange * * * /hows fohn /, n. a telephone, used for making calls within a hotel or apartment house, that… … Useful english dictionary
