English > telephone line: 2 senses > noun 2, artifact| Meaning | A telephone connection. |
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| Synonyms | phone line, telephone circuit, 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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