"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) 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. Wikipedia link: candlestick telephone Categories (topical): Telephony Synonyms: candlestick phone, daffodil telephone, stick phone, pedestal telephone, pillar telephone

Inflected forms

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