cable

Speech parts

1. cable - Noun

2. cable - Verb

4. Cable - Proper noun

Meaning

A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links.

A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable.

A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called also cable molding.

To fasten with a cable.

To ornament with cabling. See Cabling.

To telegraph by a submarine cable

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

telegraph line wire cablegram transmission line strand send communicate transmit rope cord wiring dispatch cable television cable length
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Antonyms

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Hypernyms

telegram conductor secure wire rope fix

Hyponyms

jumper coax coaxial cable power line power cable coax cable

Phrases with the word

cable railroad cable harness cable puller battery cable cable channels connector cable

Derivatives

cabled cabling

Anagrams

Caleb

Examples

Habit is a cable we weave a thread of it every day, and at last we cannot break it. Horace Mann

No cord nor cable can so forcibly draw, or hold so fast, as love can do with a twined thread. Robert Burton

Obviously with the onset of cable and satellite, there are more opportunities for programming and original programming, so it creates more opportunities for actors and producers and directors and everything. Anthony Michael Hall

The failure of The Cable Guy impacted my career. I had to start writing and acting again. Ben Stiller

A mouse in time may bite in two a cable. Vietnamese Proverb

In time a mouse will gnaw through a cable. Dutch Proverb

Close letter words and terms

cabirian cabiric Cabiritic cable and rung ladder cable block cable box