telegraph

¹tele·graph

noun \-ˌgraf\

Definition of TELEGRAPH

1

: an apparatus for communication at a distance by coded signals; especially : an apparatus, system, or process for communication at a distance by electric transmission over wire

2

: telegram

Examples of TELEGRAPH

1. I sent the message by telegraph.

Origin of TELEGRAPH

French télégraphe, from télé- tele- (from Greek tēle-) + -graphe -graph

First Known Use: 1794

Rhymes with TELEGRAPH

allograph, autograph, barograph, bathyscaphe, cenotaph, chronograph, circle graph, cryptograph, epigraph, epitaph, half-and-half, hectograph, holograph, homograph, hygrograph, kymograph, lithograph, logograph, micrograph, monograph, pantograph, paragraph, phonograph, photograph, pictograph, polygraph, quarterstaff, seismograph, serigraph, shadowgraph, shandygaff, spectrograph, sphygmograph, thermograph, typograph