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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
/ ˈɪə /
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 Word Forms
- b· adjective
- ·b verb recabled recabling
- ܲ·b adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of cable1
Word History and Origins
Origin of cable1
Example Sentences
After all, it’s hard to be taken seriously when the “entire” Pentagon considers Hegseth a cable news clown with bad tattoos who wants to install a makeup room in the Pentagon.
A British couple were among the four people killed in a cable car crash near Naples, Italian police have confirmed.
Four people have died after a mountain cable car cabin crashed to the ground near Naples in southern Italy, emergency services say.
The author himself permitted an American actor who cabled to him in 1899 to ask his permission to take a creative liberty with his signature hero.
It had added cables as well as platforms and foot bars on either end, allowing users to target different muscle groups such as the chest, triceps and shoulders.
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