Telegraph (Noun)
Meaning
Apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code).
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The telegraph revolutionized long-distance communication in the 19th century.
- In the 1800s, news traveled slowly without the aid of the telegraph.
- Operators would translate Morse code messages received through the telegraph into written text.
- Before the invention of the telephone, the telegraph was the primary means of real-time long-distance communication.
- The sound of the telegraph clicking away was a familiar sound in old railroad stations.