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telegraph wires

telegraph wires is the plural of telegraph wire.

Meaning of telegraph wire

Noun

telegraph wire (plural telegraph wires)

  1. 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 169
    Synonyms:
    telegraph line

Questions about telegraph wires

What is telegraph wires the plural of?
Telegraph wires is the plural of telegraph wire.

Words near telegraph wires in the dictionary

  1. telegraph post
  2. telegraph posts
  3. telegraph stamp
  4. telegraph stamps
  5. telegraph wire
  6. telegraph wires
  7. telegraph-like
  8. telegraphable
  9. telegraphed
  10. telegrapheme
  11. telegraphemes

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