English > telephone circuit: 1 sense > noun 1, artifactMeaning | A telephone connection. |
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Synonyms | telephone line, phone line, subscriber line, line |
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Narrower | WATS, WATS line | A telephone line |
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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 |
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Spanish | circuito telefónico, línea de teléfono, línea, línea telefónica |
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Catalan | línia telefònica |
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