telegraph
noun [U] /ˈtel.ɪ.ɡrɑːf/ /-ɡræf/
/-ə-/ Definition
› (especially in the past) a method of sending and receiving messages by electrical or radio signals, or the special equipment used for this purpose: The news came by telegraph.Communications technology - general words telegraph verb [T] › The story was immediately telegraphed to New York.Communications technology - general words
(Definition of telegraph noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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