"candlestick telephone" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: candlestick telephones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} candlestick telephone (plural candlestick telephones)
  1. (telephony, historical) An early style of telephone with a mouthpiece (transmitter) mounted at the top of its stand, and a receiver that was held by the user to the ear during a call. When not in use, the receiver rested in the fork of the switch hook protruding to the side of the stand, thereby disconnecting the audio circuit from the network. Tags: historical Synonyms: candlestick phone, daffodil telephone, pedestal telephone, pillar telephone, stick phone

Inflected forms

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