| barbed wire |
wire with barbs. Barbed wire is used to make fences. |
| chicken wire |
a flexible wire netting, usu. of hexagonal mesh, esp. for chicken coop enclosures and other light barriers. |
| Dumet wire |
a particular type of wire, made of a combination of iron and nickel encased in a copper sleeve, used to create vacuum seals between glass and metal in items such as incandescent light bulbs. |
| ground wire |
a wire acting as a conductor of an electric current to the ground. |
| high wire |
a cable or tightrope high above the ground, used esp. in circus performance. |
| hot-wire |
(informal) to start (an automobile or the like) by crossing or connecting the ignition wires, rather than by using a key. |
| live wire |
a wire or other electric conductor that is carrying electric current. [2 definitions] |
| magnetic wire |
a thin wire made of a ferromagnetic alloy, used to store recorded material. |
| wire fraud |
a type of criminal act that involves deception for personal gain and that makes use of telecommunications devices or the internet. |
| wire gauge |
a gauge calibrated for determining the diameter of wire or thickness of sheet metal. |
| wire recorder |
a device, a forerunner of the tape recorder, that records and plays back sound on magnetized steel wire. |
| wire service |
a business that transmits news stories, photographs, features, stock market prices, and the like, by electronic means to newspapers and radio and television that subscribe for the service. |
| wire-haired |
having coarse stiff tightly crimped hair, as certain breeds of dogs. |