phone service

Noun

Meaning

a public utility that provides telephone service

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

phone company telephone service telco

Hypernyms

utility public utility public utility company public-service corporation

Examples

A high-speed connection is no more an essential civil right than 3G cell phone service or a Netflix account. Increasing competition and restoring academic excellence in abysmal public schools is far more of an imperative to minority children than handing them iPads. Michelle Malkin

We've lost a lot of our great stars. I can't hang out with those who aren't here. The phone service to heaven is so bad, you know. But I get to visit with their memories. Debbie Reynolds

For a while, even in the house of good friends for dinner or for cocktails, they would really be upset. They thought I had single-handedly destroyed the best phone service in the world. Harold H. Greene

I started writing it the day after Sept. 11. I was living in New York City. We didn't have any phone service and we didn't have any mail. Like a lot of writers do, I started to write in a voice that I missed. Kathryn Stockett

Close letter words and terms

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