cable
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.
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.
Origin of cable
1Other words from cable
- ca·ble·like, adjective
- re·ca·ble, verb, re·ca·bled, re·ca·bling.
- un·ca·bled, adjective
Other definitions for Cable (2 of 2)
George Washington, 1844–1925, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
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How to use cable in a sentence
Memes that ridiculed political leaders and the Hong Kong Police Force shot through fiber optic cables at light speed.
That means visiting Fargo each week from the comforts of your bedroom without having to run any cables from the living room.
So we had to have a pulley system where he was lowered on cables.
Rob Reiner on the State of Romcoms, ‘The Princess Bride’s’ Alternate Ending, and the Red Viper | Marlow Stern | July 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSAMI consists of 13 bundles of fiber-optic cables, each containing 60 or more fibers in what the researchers call “hexabundles.”
In the book, Lewis details the lengths HFTs and banks will go over fiber-optic cables.
First I had better fix the sequence of the munition cables, for upon them the whole attack has hung—or rather, hung fire.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonWe show the Navy all our important operations cables; they have their own ways of doing things and don't open out so freely.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonMore boats and smacks arrive; the rattling of anchors and chain cables is heard in all directions.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandThese girders are supported by the cables over the centre span but not in the side spans.
The four cables support a dead load of 7140 tons and a live load of 4017 tons.
British Dictionary definitions for cable
/ (ˈkeɪbəl) /
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 called: cable length, cable'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: a submarine cable See also coaxial cable
Also called: overseas telegram, international telegram, cablegram a telegram sent abroad by submarine cable, radio, communications satellite, or by telephone line
See cable stitch
short for cable television
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
Origin of cable
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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