landline

Definitions

• A telephone connection that uses a metal wire or optical fiber telephone line for transmission.
  A umbilical cord of words, tethered to earth by strands of wire, singing softly through the fibers of connection.
  Example: She prefers to use a landline for important business calls.
• The phone itself as distinguished from a mobile phone.
  A sturdy sentinel of spoken secrets, an anchor of voice in the tumultuous sea of wireless whispers.
  Example: He left his mobile at home but was reachable on his landline.