"telephone line" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: telephone lines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} telephone line (plural telephone lines)
  1. The infrastructure which allows a single telephone to be connected to the network and conduct independent calls. Categories (topical): Telephony Synonyms: phone line Related terms: telephone book, telephone call, telephone number Translations (infrastructure which allows a single telephone to be connected to a network): հեռախոսագիծ (heṙaxosagic) (Armenian), línia telefònica [feminine] (Catalan), 電話線 (Chinese Mandarin), 电话线 (diànhuàxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), telefon yolağı (Crimean Tatar), puhelinlinja (Finnish), ligne téléphonique (French), სატელეფონო ხაზი (saṭelepono xazi) (Georgian), τηλεφωνική γραμμή (tilefonikí grammí) (Greek), telefonvonal (Hungarian), líne teileafóin [feminine] (Irish), linja tat-telefon (Maltese), linie de telefon [feminine] (Romanian), linie telefonică [feminine] (Romanian), телефо́нная ли́ния (telefónnaja línija) [feminine] (Russian), telefonlinje (Swedish)

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      "sense": "infrastructure which allows a single telephone to be connected to a network",
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      "sense": "infrastructure which allows a single telephone to be connected to a network",
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      "word": "linja tat-telefon"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "infrastructure which allows a single telephone to be connected to a network",
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      "sense": "infrastructure which allows a single telephone to be connected to a network",
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      "word": "linie telefonică"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "telefónnaja línija",
      "sense": "infrastructure which allows a single telephone to be connected to a network",
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