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pretelephone

pretelephone adjective: before the invention or spread of the telephone.

Adjective

pretelephone (not comparable)

  1. Before the invention or spread of the telephone.

Origin of pretelephone

From pre- + telephone.

Questions about pretelephone

What does pretelephone mean?
Pretelephone means before the invention or spread of the telephone.
What part of speech is pretelephone?
Pretelephone is an adjective.

Words near pretelephone in the dictionary

  1. preteens
  2. pretelecast
  3. pretelegraph
  4. pretelegraphic
  5. pretelegraphy
  6. pretelephone
  7. pretelephonic
  8. pretelescopic
  9. pretelevision
  10. pretelevisual
  11. pretell

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