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Cable

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Noun

1. cable, cablegram, overseas telegram

a telegram sent abroad

2. cable, line, transmission line

a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power

3. cable

a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire

4. cable, cable length, cable's length

a nautical unit of depth

5. cable, cable television

television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver

6. cable, cable system, cable television, cable television service

a television system that transmits over cables

Verb

7. cable, telegraph, wire

send cables, wires, or telegrams

8. cable

fasten with a cable

Example Sentences:
'cable trees'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cable

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noun
1. 
a strong thick rope, usually of twisted hemp or steel wire
2. nautical
an anchor chain or rope
3. 
a. 
a unit of distance in navigation, equal to one tenth of a sea mile (about 600 feet)
b. Also called: cable length, cable's length
a unit of length in nautical use that has various values, including 100 fathoms (600 feet)
4. 
a wire or bundle of wires that conducts electricity
a submarine cable
See also coaxial cable
5. Also called: overseas telegram, international telegram, cablegram
a telegram sent abroad by submarine cable, radio, communications satellite, or by telephone line
6.  cable stitch
7.  short for cable television
verb
8. 
to send (a message) to (someone) by cable
9. (transitive)
to fasten or provide with a cable or cables
10. (transitive)
to supply (a place) with or link (a place) to cable television

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Cable

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George Washington1844-1925; U.S. novelist
noun
1. 
a thick, heavy rope, now often of wire strands
2. 
the strong, heavy chain attached to a ship's anchor: anchor cables were formerly of rope
3. 
cable length
4. 
a bundle of insulated wires through which an electric current can be passed: telegraph or telephone cables are often laid under the ground or on the ocean floor
5.  US
a cablegram
6. 
cable TV
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈcabled or ˈcabling
7. 
to fasten or furnish with a cable or cables
8. 
to transmit by undersea cable
9. 
to send a cablegram to
verb intransitive
10. 
to send a cablegram

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cable

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n.
1.
a. A strong, large-diameter, heavy steel or fiber rope.
b. Something that resembles such steel or fiber rope.
2.
a. Electricity A bound or sheathed group of mutually insulated conductors.
b. A sheathed bundle of optical fibers.
3. Nautical
a. A heavy rope or chain for mooring or anchoring a ship.
b. A cable length.
4.
a. Cable television.
b. A similar service providing internet access.
5. A cablegram.
adj.
Of or relating to a subscription television or internet service that uses cables to carry signals between local distribution antennas and the subscriber's location.
v. ca·bled, ca·bling, ca·bles
v.tr.
1.
a. To send a cablegram to.
b. To transmit (a message) by telegraph.
2. To supply or fasten with a cable or cables.
v.intr.
To send a cablegram.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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