homephone

noun
UK /ˈhəʊmfəʊn/
US /ˈhoʊmfoʊn/

A phone that stays in your house and is not carried around.

Grandma called the homephone to ask how school was.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A phone number tied to a home rather than a mobile device.

Write your homephone on the form, not your cell number.

3. A family's shared telephone used by everyone in the household.

The kids always fight over who gets the homephone first.

4. A telephone connected by a wire to a wall jack.

During the storm, only the homephone still worked.