Telephone line Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix tele-

Telephone line has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals

telephone wire telephone line telegraph wire telegraph line

a telephone connection

telephone line phone line telephone circuit subscriber line line

The infrastructure which allows a single telephone to be connected to the network and conduct independent calls.

See Also

call telephone telephone pole telephone lines magenta box diverter brown box party line

Related Terms

call telephone telephone pole telephone lines magenta box diverter brown box party line shoe tossing phoneline tonepad lightbox private branch exchange rainbow box line is busy network telephone jack mauve box gold box purple box

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

wire connection

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

telephone cord digital subscriber line hot line land line party line private line toll line trunk line WATS

Rhyming Words

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