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PHONE COMPANY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phone company mean? 

PHONE COMPANY (noun)
  The noun PHONE COMPANY has 1 sense:

1. a public utility that provides telephone serviceplay

  Familiarity information: PHONE COMPANY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PHONE COMPANY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A public utility that provides telephone service

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

phone company; phone service; telco; telephone company; telephone service

Hypernyms ("phone company" is a kind of...):

public-service corporation; public utility; public utility company; utility (a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation)


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