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Definition of 'cable'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) cable
a heavy, strong rope.

2.  cable
a very strong rope made of strands of metal wire, used to support cable cars, suspension bridges, etc.

3.  cable
a cord of metal wire used to operate or pull a mechanism.

4.  cable
Naut.

5.  cable
a thick hawser made of rope, strands of metal wire, or chain.

6.  cable
a nautical unit of length equal to 720 feet (219 m).

7.  cable
an insulated electrical conductor, often in strands, or a combination of electrical conductors insulated from one another.

8.  cable
cablegram .

9.  cable
cable television.

10.  cable
cable stitch .

11.  cable
an ornament or molding resembling the twisted strands of a rope.

12. (v.t.) cable
to send (a message) by cable.

13.  cable
to send a cablegram to.

14.  cable
to fasten or furnish with a cable.

15.  cable
to work or fashion with cable stitch.

16. (v.i.) cable
to send a message by cable.

17.  cable
to cable-stitch.

Etymology: (1175–1225; ME, prob. < ONF

Definition of 'cable'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) cable, cablegram, overseas telegram
a telegram sent abroad

2. (noun) cable, line, transmission line
a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power

3. (noun) cable
a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire

4. (noun) cable, cable length, cable's length
a nautical unit of depth

5. (noun) cable television, cable
television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver

6. (verb) cable, cable television, cable system, cable television service
a television system that transmits over cables

7. (verb) cable, telegraph, wire
send cables, wires, or telegrams

8. (verb) cable
fasten with a cable
"cable trees"

Definition of 'cable'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) cable
a television or Internet service delivered through wires
Do you have cable or satellite?; cable TV

2. cable
covered wires for carrying electricity or other signals
cables running under the floor; a television cable

3. cable
a metal rope used in construction
steel cables; 100 yards of cable

Definition of 'cable'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) cable
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

2. (noun) cable
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

3. (noun) 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

4. cable
to telegraph by a submarine cable

5. (verb) cable
to fasten with a cable

6. (verb) cable
to ornament with cabling. See Cabling

Definition of 'cable'

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

1. 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.

Translation of 'cable'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (a) strong rope or chain for hauling or tying anything, especially a ship.
Afrikaans: ankertou	Arabic: حَبْل، كابِل	Bulgarian: дебело въже
Brazilian: cabo	Czech: lano, kotevní lano	German: das Tau
Danish: kabel; trosse	Greek: παλαμάρι	Spanish: cable
Estonian: tross, kaabel, kett	Farsi: سیم کلفت و تافته؛ طناب ضخ	Finnish: touvi
French: câble	Hebrew: חֶבֶל	Hindi: रस्सा
Croatian: debelo uže; sidrenjak	Hungarian: kötél	Indonesian: kabel
Icelandic: kaðall, keðja, festar	Italian: fune, cavo, gomena	Japanese: 太いつな
Korean: 케이블	Lithuanian: trosas	Latvian: trose, tauva
Malay: kabel	Dutch: kabel	Norwegian: tau, trosse
Polish: lina	Persian: سیم کلفت و تافته؛ طناب ضخ	Pashto: کیبل
Portuguese: cabo	Romanian: cablu, parâmă	Russian: канат
Slovak: lano	Slovenian: žična vrv	Serbian: konopac
Swedish: vajer, kätting, [ankar]tå	Thai: เชือกหรือโซ่ขนาดใหญ่	Turkish: halat, zincir, palamar
Taiwanese: 纜	Ukrainian: канат, трос	Urdu: بحری جہازوں کو باندھنے وا
Vietnamese: dây neo	Chinese: 缆
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