noun
1. the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals (Freq. 3)
• Syn: ↑telephone wire, ↑telegraph wire, ↑telegraph line
• Hypernyms: ↑wire, ↑conducting wire
• Hyponyms: ↑telephone cord, ↑phone cord
2. a telephone connection
• Syn: ↑phone line, ↑telephone circuit, ↑subscriber line, ↑line
• Hypernyms: ↑connection, ↑connexion, ↑connector, ↑connecter, ↑connective
• Hyponyms:
↑digital subscriber line, ↑DSL, ↑hot line, ↑land line, ↑landline, ↑party line, ↑private line, ↑toll line, ↑trunk line, ↑WATS, ↑WATS line
Useful english dictionary. 2012.