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TELEPHONE CORD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does telephone cord mean? 

TELEPHONE CORD (noun)
  The noun TELEPHONE CORD has 1 sense:

1. the telephone wire that connects to the handsetplay

  Familiarity information: TELEPHONE CORD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TELEPHONE CORD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The telephone wire that connects to the handset

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

phone cord; telephone cord

Hypernyms ("telephone cord" is a kind of...):

telegraph line; telegraph wire; telephone line; telephone wire (the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals)


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