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telephone line

DEFINITIONS OF: telephone line

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n the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals

Synonyms:
telegraph line, telegraph wire, telephone wire
Types:
phone cord, telephone cord
the telephone wire that connects to the handset
Type of:
conducting wire, wire
a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance

n a telephone connection

Synonyms:
line, phone line, subscriber line, telephone circuit
Types:
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DSL, digital subscriber line
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
Type of:
connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion
an instrumentality that connects
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