"cordless phone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cordless phones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cordless phone (plural cordless phones)
  1. A telephone unit that has a battery-powered telephone receiver/handset that uses RF signals and antennas to communicate to the wired base station instead of a cord, which is attached to a landline and functions as a charger for the receiver. Categories (topical): Telephony
    Sense id: en-cordless_phone-en-noun-yXDOn5y6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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