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Noun: telephone line  'te-lu,fown lIn
  1. The wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals
    - telephone wire, telegraph wire, telegraph line
     
  2. A telephone connection
    - phone line, telephone circuit, subscriber line, line

Derived forms: telephone lines

Type of: conducting wire, connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion [Brit], wire

Encyclopedia: Telephone line