telegraph /telˈi-gräf/

1. A combination of apparatus for transmitting information to a distance, now almost exclusively by electrical impulses
2. A telegraph board
3. Used as the name of a newspaper
4. A message sent by telegraph (obsolete)

1. To convey or announce by telegraph
2. To send a message by telegraph to (a person or place)
3. To signal
4. To give a premature indication of something to come

1. To signal
2. To send a telegram

telegrapher /ti-legˈrə-fər/ noun

A telegraphist

telegraphese /ti-leg-rə-fēzˈ/ noun (facetious)

The jargon or contracted style of language used in telegrams

telegraphic /-grafˈik/ adjective

telegraphˈically adverb

telegˈraphist noun

A person who works a telegraph

telegˈraphy noun

The science or art of constructing or using telegraphs

telegraph board noun

A scoreboard or information board that can be read at a distance, used at matches, athletics meetings, races, etc

telegraph cable noun

A cable containing wires for transmitting telegraphic messages

telegraphic address noun

A shortened address registered for use in telegraphing

telegraph plant noun

An Indian papilionaceous plant (Desmodium gyrans) whose leaves jerk spontaneously in different directions, like semaphore arms

telegraph pole noun

A pole supporting telegraph wires

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