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/tˈɛləfˌoʊn laɪn/ Listen

Telephone line

noun

The wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals. Synonyms: telegraph line, telegraph wire, telephone wire.

A telephone connection. Synonyms: line, phone line, subscriber line, telephone circuit.

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"Telephone line" Quotes from Famous Books

... time the telephone line had been completed from Little Slave Lake to Peace River Landing, and the factor at the latter post had sent word for two wagons and teams to come up for these passengers, outbound. There was little difficulty in throwing their light ...

— The Young Alaskans on the Trail • Emerson Hough

... talk on record—that is, it is the longest continuous telephone line in steady and constant use, though the human voice has been carried even greater distances with the aid of this ...

— Stories of Inventors - The Adventures Of Inventors And Engineers • Russell Doubleday

... the eldest of the Rover boys. "Wonder if I can get him on the telephone?" For a telephone line had been put up from Oak Run ...

— The Rover Boys on the Farm - or Last Days at Putnam Hall • Arthur M. Winfield (AKA Edward Stratemeyer)

... or have chosen to retire from the neighborhood. From Lagny we passed rapidly to Villeneuve-le-Comte, which was now totally devoid of troops. At Crecy we came upon the first signs of war. Here we saw a big park of British reserve ammunition. All along the roads were the remains of a German field telephone line, which had doubtless been constructed about the time Hall and I had ...

— The Note-Book of an Attache - Seven Months in the War Zone • Eric Fisher Wood

Words linked to "Telephone line" : telephone wire, digital subscriber line, connective, WATS, toll line, connexion, WATS line, DSL, conducting wire, private line, phone cord, trunk line, wire, connector, landline, phone line, telephone cord, hot line, land line, subscriber line, connecter, party line, telegraph line, connection, line