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teletapes

teletapes is the plural of teletape.

Meaning of teletape

Noun

teletape (plural teletapes)

  1. (historical) A message of up to 200 words transmitted by telegraph at the post office.
    • […] sending telegrams of 50 words, teleposts of 100 words, and teletapes of 200 words for 25 cents, […]1860, John Alexander Anderson, A Postal Telegraph Essential to the Freedom of the American Press and the Prosperity of the American People

Questions about teletapes

What is teletapes the plural of?
Teletapes is the plural of teletape.

Words near teletapes in the dictionary

  1. teletactile
  2. teletactility
  3. teletactor
  4. teletactors
  5. teletape
  6. teletapes
  7. teleteacher
  8. teleteachers
  9. teleteaching
  10. teletechnological
  11. teletechnologies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: teletapes (page history and authors); teletape (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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