telephone wire
1telephone wire — telephone ,wire noun count a wire that carries telephone signals …
2telephone wire — noun the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑telephone line, ↑telegraph wire, ↑telegraph line • Hypernyms: ↑wire, ↑conducting wire • Hy …
3telephone wire — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms telephone wire : singular telephone wire plural telephone wires a wire that carries telephone signals …
4wire — [waɪə ǁ waɪr] verb [transitive] 1. to send money electronically from one bank to another: • Prosecutors said Burks moved $45,000 to his girlfriend and wired $13,300 to a bank account in Florida. 2. also wire something up to connect something to a …
5telephone line — noun 1. the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals (Freq. 3) • Syn: ↑telephone wire, ↑telegraph wire, ↑telegraph line • Hypernyms: ↑wire, ↑conducting wire …
6telephone cord — noun the telephone wire that connects to the handset • Syn: ↑phone cord • Hypernyms: ↑telephone wire, ↑telephone line, ↑telegraph wire, ↑telegraph line …
7wire — [[t]wa͟ɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ wires, wiring, wired 1) N VAR A wire is a long thin piece of metal that is used to fasten things or to carry electric current. ...fine copper wire. ...gadgets which detect electrical wires, pipes and timbers in walls. 2) N… …
8wire — wire1 W3S3 [waıə US waır] n [: Old English; Origin: wir] 1.) [U and C] thin metal in the form of a thread, or a piece of this ▪ copper wire ▪ a wire fence →↑barbed wire, ↑high wire, ↑ …
9wire — Uwea, uea. Wire screen, uwea hakahaka. Telephone wire, uwea kelepona. Chicken wire, uwea maka upena. Telegraph wire, uwea ōlelo. Smooth wire, uwea poepoe. Barbed wire, uwea kukū …
10Telephone — Tel e*phone, n. [Gr. ? far off + ? sound.] (Physics) An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance. [1913 Webster] Note: The ordinary telephone consists essentially of a device by which currents of electricity …
