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TELEPHONE LINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A telephone connection
Synonyms:
line; phone line; subscriber line; telephone circuit; telephone line
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("telephone line" is a kind of...):
connecter; connection; connective; connector; connexion (an instrumentality that connects)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "telephone line"):
digital subscriber line; DSL (a generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds)
hot line (a direct telephone line between two officials)
land line; landline (a telephone line that travels over terrestrial circuits)
party line (a telephone line serving two or more subscribers)
private line (a telephone line serving a single subscriber)
toll line (a telephone line for long-distance calls)
trunk line (a telephone line connecting two exchanges directly)
WATS; WATS line (a telephone line;long distance service at fixed rates for fixed zones; an acronym for wide area telephone service)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals
Synonyms:
telegraph line; telegraph wire; telephone line; telephone wire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("telephone line" is a kind of...):
conducting wire; wire (a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "telephone line"):
phone cord; telephone cord (the telephone wire that connects to the handset)
