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Cablegram

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A telegram sent by submarine cable.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A telegram transmitted via a submarine cable.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A message sent by a submarine telegraphic cable.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A message sent by a telegraph-cable; a cable-despatch.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a telegram sent abroad

Word Usage

"PRESIDENT BRACE: On Monday I received a cablegram from the Honourable Howard Ferguson, regretting that it would be impossible for him to get back to England to keep his engagement with us and to speak from London to His Honour, the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

wire telegram

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

message

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