Telephone Circuit (Noun)

Meaning

A telephone connection.

Classification

Nouns denoting man-made objects.

Examples

• The telephone circuit between New York and Los Angeles was established in 1915.
• A broken wire disrupted the telephone circuit causing communication to be cut off.
• The engineer carefully checked the telephone circuit to diagnose the problem with the connection.
• The company installed a new telephone circuit to provide faster and more reliable communication.
• Dialing the wrong number caused her to be connected to a different telephone circuit than the one she intended.

Synonyms

• Line
• Subscriber Line
• Telephone Line
• Phone Line

Hypernyms

• Connecter
• Connexion
• Connection
• Connective

Hyponyms

• Trunk Line
• DSL
• Landline
• Land Line
• Party Line
• WATS Line
• Toll Line
• Private Line
• Digital Subscriber Line
• Hot Line
• WATS