hot telephone line
1telephone line — noun 1. the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals (Freq. 3) • Syn: ↑telephone wire, ↑telegraph wire, ↑telegraph line • Hypernyms: ↑wire, ↑conducting wire …
2hot line — hot′ line n. 1) tgp gov a direct telecommunications link, as a telephone line or Teletype circuit, enabling immediate communication between heads of state in an international crisis 2) tgp Also, hot′line . a telephone number providing direct… …
3hot line — ☆ hot line n. 1. a means of direct communication for use in emergency or crisis; specif., a direct telephone line between government leaders 2. a telephone line to a social service agency, as a suicide prevention center: Also hotline …
4telephone hot line — telephone line that can be called in an emergency, help line …
5hot line — noun a direct telephone line between two officials • Hypernyms: ↑telephone line, ↑phone line, ↑telephone circuit, ↑subscriber line, ↑line * * * noun 1. : a direct line of communication between heads of government ; …
6line — n. long, thin mark 1) to draw a line 2) a broken; contour; crooked; curved; dotted; fine, thin; heavy, thick; horizontal; parallel; perpendicular; solid, unbroken; straight; vertical; wavy line queue (AE) 3) to form a line 4) to buck ( push into… …
7hot line — noun (C) 1 a direct telephone line between government leaders in different countries, which is only used in serious situations: the hot line between Washington and Moscow 2 a special telephone line for people to find out about or talk about… …
8hot line — 1. a direct telecommunications link, as a telephone line or Teletype circuit, enabling immediate communication between heads of state in an international crisis: the hot line between Washington and Moscow. 2. a telephone service enabling people… …
9telephone circuit — noun a telephone connection • Syn: ↑telephone line, ↑phone line, ↑subscriber line, ↑line • Hypernyms: ↑connection, ↑connexion, ↑connector, ↑connecter, ↑ …
10hot line — direct telephone line between managers for case of emergency …
