| NOUN | artifact | telephone line, telephone wire, telegraph wire, telegraph line | the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals |
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| artifact | telephone line, phone line, telephone circuit, subscriber line, line | a telephone connection |
| Meaning | The wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals. | |
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| Synonyms | telephone wire, telegraph wire, telegraph line | |
| Narrower | telephone cord, phone cord | The telephone wire that connects to the handset |
| Broader | wire, conducting wire | A metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance |
| Spanish | cable telefónico, cable telegráfica, línea telefónica, línea telegráfica | |
| Meaning | A telephone connection. | |
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| Synonyms | phone line, telephone circuit, subscriber line, line | |
| Narrower | WATS, WATS line | A 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 | |
| Broader | connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective | An instrumentality that connects |
| Spanish | circuito telefónico, línea de teléfono, línea, línea telefónica | |
| Catalan | línia telefònica | |
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