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Definition: wall phone


An analog telephone that is mounted on the wall. Wall phones are relics of the past and hardly found anywhere but antique stores. See phone.




A Century Ago
At the turn of the 20th century, wall phones were quite common, and instruments such as this Blake wall phone were very high-tech. (Image courtesy of Nortel Networks.)