telegraph
/ˈtɛl.ɪ.ɡɹæf/noun, verb3 syllables
Telegraph means: send cables, wires, or telegrams.
Synonyms for telegraph4
noun, as in apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
telegraphy
also used for telegraph
any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code
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What does telegraph mean?2
verb
1
send cables, wires, or telegrams
noun
1
apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Telegraph in a sentence
- Is the fax a modern form of the telegraph?Eldad
- The squirrel climbed all the way to the top of the telegraph pole.Hybrid
- We heard the news on the jungle telegraph.2001
- Do you know who invented the telegraph?CK
- I carelessly ran into the telegraph pole.blay_paul
- The motorcycle hit the telegraph pole.sundown
- The ship distress signals in Morse code using the relatively new Marconi wireless telegraph.Hybrid
- Sherlock Holmes led me to the nearest telegraph office, whence he dispatched a long telegram.Hybrid
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of telegraph
as a noun
- plural
- telegraphs
as a verb
- past tense
- telegraphed
- present participle
- telegraphing
- third-person singular
- telegraphs
- past participle
- telegraphed