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housephone

housephone noun: an internal telephone, connected to a switchboard in the same building.

Noun

housephone (plural housephones)

  1. An internal telephone, connected to a switchboard in the same building.
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Forms of housephone

pluralhousephones

Origin of housephone

From house + phone.

Questions about housephone

What does housephone mean?
Housephone means an internal telephone, connected to a switchboard in the same building.
What part of speech is housephone?
Housephone is a noun.
What is the plural of housephone?
The plural of housephone is housephones.

Words near housephone in the dictionary

  1. housepeople
  2. houseperson
  3. housepersons
  4. housepet
  5. housepets
  6. housephone
  7. housephones
  8. housepig
  9. housepigs
  10. houseplant
  11. houseplants

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