cordless phone

noun

A telephone unit that has a battery-powered telephone handset that uses, instead of a cord, wireless RF signals to communicate to a base station which is attached by wires to a landline and can function as a charger for a receiver.

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Meanings

nouncordless phone (plural cordless phones)

plural cordless phones

  1. A telephone unit that has a battery-powered telephone handset that uses, instead of a cord, wireless RF signals to communicate to a base station which is attached by wires to a landline and can function as a charger for a receiver.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
wireless phone
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APA

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Chicago

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