1 [U] an international system of communication in which messages are typed on a special machine and sent by the telephone system
2 [C] a message sent or received by telex:
Several telexes arrived this morning.
3 [C] (informal) a machine for sending and receiving messages by telex
verb [V, VN] to send a message by telex
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is telex a noun, verb, or something else?
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