English noun: telephone line |
1. | telephone line (artifact) the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals |
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| Synonyms | telegraph line, telegraph wire, telephone wire |
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| Broader (hypernym) | conducting wire, wire |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | phone cord, telephone cord |
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2. | telephone line (artifact) a telephone connection |
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| Synonyms | line, phone line, subscriber line, telephone circuit |
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| Broader (hypernym) | connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | digital subscriber line, DSL, hot line, land line, landline, party line, private line, toll line, trunk line, WATS, WATS line |
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