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TELEPHONE COMPANY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does telephone company mean?
• TELEPHONE COMPANY (noun)
The noun TELEPHONE COMPANY has 1 sense:
1. a public utility that provides telephone service
Familiarity information: TELEPHONE COMPANY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("telephone 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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