- telephone wire, telephone line, telegraph wire, telegraph line - the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals
--1 is a kind of wire, conducting wire
--1 has particulars: telephone cord, phone cord - telephone line, phone line, telephone circuit, subscriber line, line - a telephone connection
--2 is a kind of connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective
--2 has particulars:digital subscriber line, DSL; hot line; land line, landline; party line; private line; toll line; trunk line; WATS, WATS line