Phone Cord (Noun)
Meaning
The telephone wire that connects to the handset.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- I was so tired of being tethered to the desk by the phone cord that I switched to a wireless headset.
- She tripped on the phone cord and dropped the receiver on the floor.
- The old rotary phone had a very long phone cord that allowed me to walk around the room.
- I love that new phones come with super-long phone cords, I can pace back and forth while I'm on a call.
- After years of tangling with the phone cord, I finally cut it off and got a cordless phone.