telegram

About 4.80 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A message transmitted by telegraph.
2. verb To send a telegram.
3. verb To send a telegram to (a person).
4. verb To send (a message) in a telegram.

Similar words

wire telegraphic telegraphy telegraph telex message cypher lightning cable tribune

Often followed by

to from of was and in that which sent

Word family

telegrammed telegramming telegrams