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Cable

noun
/keɪ.bl/
Word Frequency: 14.4

Definitions

1.noun(material) A long object used to make a physical connection.
2.noun(communications) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
"I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out."
3.nounA telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
4.nounA unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
5.noun(unit, chiefly nautical) 100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
6.nounThe currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.
7.nounA moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
8.nounA textural pattern achieved by passing groups of stitches over one another.
9.verbTo provide with cable(s)
10.verbTo fasten (as if) with cable(s)
11.verbTo wrap wires to form a cable
12.verbTo send a telegram by cable
13.verbTo communicate by cable
14.verbTo ornament with cabling.
15.verbTo create cable stitches.

Synonyms

cable lengthcablegramcordwire ropewiretransmission linetelegraphcable televisionlinecable systemcable television serviceelectrical cable

Antonyms

hawser

Rhymes With

enableunstablefablelabelstabledisabletablehabile
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