Telephone Wire (Noun)
Meaning
The wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The telephone wire that ran along the railroad tracks was damaged in the storm.
- The engineer carefully climbed the pole to repair the broken telephone wire.
- In the old days, telephone wire was strung between poles to connect rural communities.
- The telephone wire that connected the two buildings was severed during the construction project.
- The lineman worked tirelessly to string new telephone wire across the countryside.