noun
- plural of cablegram; messages sent by submarine telegraph cable
Usage: historical
Examples
- The company sent urgent cablegrams to their overseas offices.
- During the war, families anxiously awaited cablegrams from soldiers abroad.
- International cablegrams were expensive but faster than regular mail.
- The newspaper received cablegrams from foreign correspondents.
- Business deals were often concluded through a series of cablegrams.
- Before telephones became common, cablegrams connected distant continents.