Definitions for cableˈkeɪ bəl

ca•bleˈkeɪ bəl(n.; v.)-bled, -bling.

(n.)a heavy, strong rope.
a very strong rope made of strands of metal wire, used to support cable cars, suspension bridges, etc.
Category: Machinery
a cord of metal wire used to operate or pull a mechanism.
Category: Machinery
Naut. a thick hawser made of rope, strands of metal wire, or chain. a nautical unit of length equal to 720 feet (219 m).
Category: Civil Engineering, Navy, Nautical
an insulated electrical conductor, often in strands, or a combination of electrical conductors insulated from one another.
Category: Electricity and Magnetism
cablegram .
Category: Telegraphy and Telephony
cable television.
Category: Radio and Television, Showbiz
cable stitch .
Category: Clothing
an ornament or molding resembling the twisted strands of a rope.
Category: Architecture
(v.t.)to send (a message) by cable.
Category: Telegraphy and Telephony
to send a cablegram to.
Category: Telegraphy and Telephony
to fasten or furnish with a cable.
to work or fashion with cable stitch.
Category: Clothing
(v.i.)to send a message by cable.
Category: Telegraphy and Telephony
to cable-stitch.
Category: Clothing

1175–1225; ME, prob. < ONF *cable < LL capulum lasso

cable, cablegram, overseas telegram(noun)
a telegram sent abroad
cable, line, transmission line(noun)
a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
cable(noun)
a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire
cable, cable length, cable's length(noun)
a nautical unit of depth
cable television, cable(noun)
television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
cable, cable television, cable system, cable television service(verb)
a television system that transmits over cables
cable, telegraph, wire(verb)
send cables, wires, or telegrams
cable(verb)
fasten with a cable
"cable trees"

cable(noun)ˈkeɪ bəl
a television or Internet service delivered through wires
Do you have cable or satellite?; cable TV
cableˈkeɪ bəl
covered wires for carrying electricity or other signals
cables running under the floor; a television cable
cableˈkeɪ bəl
a metal rope used in construction
steel cables; 100 yards of cable

cable(Noun)
A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
cable(Noun)
An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes
cable(Noun)
An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.
cable(Noun)
A heavy rope or chain of at least 10 inches thick, as used to moor or anchor a ship
cable(Noun)
(communications) A system for receiving television or Internet service over coaxial or fibreoptic cables
I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out.
cable(Noun)
Short for cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna
cable(Noun)
A telegram, notably when send by (submarine) telegraph cable
cable(Noun)
A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile
cable(Noun)
The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar
cable(Verb)
To provide with cable(s)
cable(Verb)
To fasten (as if) with cable(s)
cable(Verb)
To wrap wires to form a cable
cable(Verb)
To send a telegram by cable
cable(Verb)
To communicate by cable

Cable(noun)
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
Cable(noun)
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
Cable(noun)
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
Cable(verb)
to fasten with a cable
Cable(verb)
to ornament with cabling. See Cabling
Cable(u)
to telegraph by a submarine cable

Cable
(a) Abbreviation for Cablegram, q. v. (b) v. It is also used as a verb, meaning to transmit a message by submarine cable. (c). An insulated electric conductor, of large diameter. It often is protected by armor or metallic sheathing and may be designed for use as an aerial, submarine, subterranean or conduit cable. A cable often contains a large number of separately insulated conductors, so as to supply a large number of circuits.