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cable
noun(ca-ble)
a strong rope especially of 10 inches (25 centimeters) or more in circumference
cable
noun(ca-ble)
a cable-laid rope
cable
noun(ca-ble)
a wire rope or metal chain of great tensile strength
cable
verb(ca-ble)
to fasten with or as if with a cable
cable
verb(ca-ble)
to provide with a cable or cables
cable
verb(ca-ble)
to telegraph by submarine cable
cable
biographical name(ca-ble)
George Washington 1844—1925 American novelist
cable
noun(ca-ble)
a vehicle moved by an endless cable:
cable
noun(ca-ble)
one suspended from an overhead cable
cable
noun(ca-ble)
one that moves along tracks
cable
adjective(ca-ble)
having or made with a knitting stitch that produces a pattern resembling the twist of a usually two-ply cable
cable
adjective(ca-ble)
composed of three ropes laid together left-handed with each containing three strands twisted together
cable
noun(ca-ble)
a maritime unit of length variously reckoned as 100 fathoms, 120 fathoms, or 608 feet
cable
noun(ca-ble)
a modem for connecting a computer to a network over a cable television line
cable
noun(ca-ble)
a system of television reception in which signals from distant stations are picked up by a master antenna and sent by cable to the individual receivers of paying subscribers —called also cable TV
cable
noun(ca-ble)
a box that receives television signals from a cable television system and sends them to the television

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