Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

telephone jack

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English

Syllables: tele-phone -jack
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A jack on a wall used to connect a telephone to the telephone line.

Example Sentences

"I stood up and the suddenness of my movement yanked the telephone jack out of its socket."

Inflected Forms

telephone jacks (plural)

Synonyms

phone jack

Questions

What does telephone jack mean?: A jack on a wall used to connect a telephone to the telephone line.

How to pronounce telephone jack

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