Meanings
plural telegraph wires
- Synonym of telegraph line.
In winter the place was deserted and, with cold damp wind from the sea shrieking in the telegraph wires, the general feeling could be one of desolation.
1954 March, W. A. Tuplin, “Recollections of the Wirral Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 169Synonyms: telegraph line
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of telegraph line.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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telegraph wire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telegraph%20wire
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