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cable: Meaning and Definition of
ca•ble
Pronunciation: (k?'bul), [key] ? n., v., -bled, -bling.
?n. - 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.
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- a thick hawser made of rope, strands of metal wire, or chain.
- Seecable's length.
- an insulated electrical conductor, often in strands, or a combination of electrical conductors insulated from one another.
- cablegram.
- See
- cable-stitch.
- one of a number of reedings set into the flutes of a column or pilaster.
?v.t. - 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.
?v.i. - to send a message by cable.
- to cable-stitch.
Ca•ble
Pronunciation: (k?'bul), [key] - 1844?1925, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.