telegram
noun/ˈtɛlɪɡræm/
Frequency rank: #7,271 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a message sent by telegraph and delivered in printed form.
Example sentence
She sent her grandmother a quick telegram to share the good news.
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