| 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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