- housephone
- \\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
: a telephone that is connected to the switchboard of a building (as a hotel or apartment house) but not directly to the exchange
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/hows"fohn'/, n.a telephone, used for making calls within a hotel or apartment house, that does not have a direct line to an exchange and whose calls are routed through the building's switchboard.[HOUSE + PHONE1]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.