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cable
1[ key-buhl ]
noun
- a heavy, strong rope.
- a very strong rope made of strands of metal wire, as used to support cable cars or suspension bridges.
- a cord of metal wire used to operate or pull a mechanism.
- Nautical.
- a thick hawser made of rope, strands of metal wire, or chain.
- Electricity. an insulated electrical conductor, often in strands, or a combination of electrical conductors insulated from one another.
- Architecture. one of a number of reedings set into the flutes of a column or pilaster.
verb (used with object)
- to send (a message) by cable.
- to send a cablegram to.
- to fasten with a cable.
- to furnish with a cable.
- to join (cities, parts of a country, etc.) by means of a cable television network:
The state will be completely cabled in a few years.
verb (used without object)
- to send a message by cable.
- to cable-stitch.
Cable
2[ key-buhl ]
noun
- George Washington, 1844–1925, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
cable
/ ˈkeɪbəl /
noun
- a strong thick rope, usually of twisted hemp or steel wire
- nautical an anchor chain or rope
- a unit of distance in navigation, equal to one tenth of a sea mile (about 600 feet)
- Also calledcable lengthcable's length a unit of length in nautical use that has various values, including 100 fathoms (600 feet)
- a wire or bundle of wires that conducts electricity See also coaxial cable
a submarine cable
- Also calledoverseas telegraminternational telegramcablegram a telegram sent abroad by submarine cable, radio, communications satellite, or by telephone line
- See cable stitch
- short for cable television
verb
- to send (a message) to (someone) by cable
- tr to fasten or provide with a cable or cables
- tr to supply (a place) with or link (a place) to cable television
Other Words From
- cable·like adjective
- re·cable verb recabled recabling
- un·cabled adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of cable1
Word History and Origins
Origin of cable1
Example Sentences
The museum’s website details the plane’s rich history and how it was built with inventive flaps and cables.
The following day, the C-Lion 1 cable between the Finnish capital Helsinki and the German port of Rostock was severed.
It’s the kind of thing that, if the event were aired on a traditional network, would have provoked angry calls to cable companies.
When Lifetime released its contentious “Where Is Wendy Williams?” docuseries earlier this year, the cable channel credited Williams as an executive producer on the project.
Discovery took the write-down of its cable channels.
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