Telegraph Wire (Noun)
Meaning
The wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- A team of engineers was dispatched to repair the damaged telegraph wire along the rural route.
- During a fierce storm the old telegraph wire was snapped and left dangling from a nearby pole.
- A faulty section of telegraph wire had caused hours of disrupted communication across the state.
- Workmen began splicing together a broken length of telegraph wire after an accidental cut was made during construction.
- Locals expressed relief after crews successfully restored a severed telegraph wire severed during a fierce snowstorm.