Phrase guide

phone line

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Clipped compound of telephone line.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a telephone connection

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: telephone line, telephone circuit, subscriber line, line

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective

Narrower terms: digital subscriber line, DSL, hot line, land line, landline, party line, private line, toll line, trunk line, WATS, WATS line

History

Etymology

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