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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
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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
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of cable1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of cable1
Example Sentences
Also, as younger generations increasingly cut the chord and can't access cable TV, shopping channels don't hold the same relevance as they once did.
"I can't understand why someone would want to move forward with the pylons when the community would be willing to work with them to put the cables underground," he said.
Both broadcast and cable television allow campaigns to advertise almost exclusively by where voters live or what programs they are watching.
I stumbled upon a story about a cable repair vessel, the Leon Thevenin, which had attended to a cable break off the west coast of Africa.
Conservative cable news channel Newsmax is getting a Trump bump on Wall Street.
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