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Definitions for Cable

[1] a heavy, strong rope.
[2] a very strong rope made of strands of metal wire, as used to support cable cars or suspension bridges.
[3] a cord of metal wire used to operate or pull a mechanism.
[4] Nautical . a thick hawser made of rope, strands of metal wire, or chain. cable's length.
[5] Electricity . an insulated electrical conductor, often in strands, or a combination of electrical conductors insulated from one another.
[6] cablegram.
[7] cable television.
[8] cable-stitch.
[9] Architecture . one of a number of reedings set into the flutes of a column or pilaster.
[10] to send (a message) by cable.
[11] to send a cablegram to.
[12] to fasten with a cable.
[13] to furnish with a cable.
[14] 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.
[15] to send a message by cable.
[16] to cable-stitch.
[17] George Washington, 1844–1925, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
[18] a strong thick rope, usually of twisted hemp or steel wire
[19] nautical an anchor chain or rope
[20] 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)
[21] a wire or bundle of wires that conducts electricity a submarine cable See also coaxial cable
[22] Also called: overseas telegram , international telegram , cablegram a telegram sent abroad by submarine cable, radio, communications satellite, or by telephone line
[23] See cable stitch
[24] short for cable television
[25] to send (a message) to (someone) by cable
[26] (tr) to fasten or provide with a cable or cables
[27] (tr) to supply (a place) with or link (a place) to cable television

Words related to Cable

cord, rope, wire, link, boom, coaxial

Words nearby Cable

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Origin of Cable

1175–1225; Middle English, probably < Old North French *cable < Late Latin capulum lasso; compare Latin capulāre to rope, halter (cattle), akin to capere to take

Other words from Cable

ca·ble·like , adjective
re·ca·ble , verb, re·ca·bled, re·ca·bling.
un·ca·bled , adjective

Word origin for Cable

C13: from Old Norman French, from Late Latin capulum halter

Synonyms for Cable

cord, link, rope, wire, boom, coaxial