housephone

noun
UK /ˈhaʊs.fəʊn/
US /ˈhaʊs.foʊn/

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

Please call me on the housephone when you get home.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A telephone provided by a hotel or building for guests or residents to use.

The hotel lobby has a housephone for local calls.

3. A phone shared by everyone in a household rather than belonging to one person.

We only had one housephone growing up, so we had to take turns.

4. A phone installed in a fixed location within an office or institution.

Use the housephone on the reception desk to reach the manager.