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▸ noun: A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
▸ noun: An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes.
▸ noun: An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.
▸ noun: (nautical) A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.
▸ noun: (communication) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
▸ noun: A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
▸ noun: (nautical) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
▸ noun: (unit, chiefly nautical) 100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
▸ noun: (finance) The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.
▸ noun: (architecture) A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
▸ noun: (knitting) A textural pattern achieved by passing groups of stitches over one another.
▸ verb: (transitive) To provide with cable(s)
▸ verb: (transitive) To fasten (as if) with cable(s)
▸ verb: (transitive) To wrap wires to form a cable
▸ verb: (transitive) To send a telegram, news, etc., by cable
▸ verb: (intransitive) To communicate by cable
▸ verb: (architecture, transitive) To ornament with cabling.
▸ verb: (knitting) To create cable stitches.
▸ noun: A surname from Anglo-Norman.
▸ noun: A place in the United States:
▸ noun: A census-designated place in Richland Grove Township, Mercer County, Illinois.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Haven Township, Sherburne County, Minnesota.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Champaign County, Ohio.
▸ noun: A town and census-designated place therein, in Bayfield County, Wisconsin.
▸ noun: (television) Ellipsis of cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna. [Television received through coaxial cables; specifically, a TV service that provides reception to suburbs or other residential areas through utility lines and offering a wide variety of TV channels through satellite reception.]
Similar:
wire,
transmission line,
cablegram,
telegraph,
cable television,
line,
cable length,
cable system,
cable television service,
Electrical cable,
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Adjectives:
coaxial,
optic,
atlantic,
negative,
single,
long,
submarine,
flexible,
electric,
transatlantic,
main
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