Noun: telephone line 'te-lu,fown lIn
- The wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals
"The squirrel ran along the telephone line with surprising agility";
- telephone wire, telegraph wire, telegraph line
- A telephone connection
"The storm knocked out several telephone lines in the neighbourhood";
- 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