cable

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see also: Cable

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /keɪ.bl/

Noun

cable (plural cables)

1. (material) A long object used to make a physical connection.
   1. A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
   2. An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes.
   3. An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.
   4. (nautical) A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.
2. (communications) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.

   I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out.

   1. Short for cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna.
3. A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
4. (nautical) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
5. (unit, chiefly nautical) 100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
6. (finance) The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.
7. (architecture) A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
8. (knitting) A textural pattern achieved by passing groups of stitches over one another.

Synonyms

• wire rope
• cord
• (telegram) cablegram
• (nautical unit) cable length
• See also Thesaurus:string

Antonyms

• (nautical rope) hawser (thinner)

Related terms

• cablet

Translations

• German: Seil, Tau
• Italian: cavo
• Portuguese: cabo
• Russian: трос
• Spanish: cable

Translations

• German: Kabel, Leitung
• Portuguese: cabo, fio
• Russian: ка́бель
• Spanish: cable

Translations

• German: Tau, Kette
• Portuguese: boça
• Russian: кана́т
• Spanish: cuerda

Translations

• German: Kabel, Leitung
• Portuguese: cabo, linha
• Russian: ка́бель
• Spanish: cable

Translations

• Spanish: televisión por cable

Translations

• German: Telegramm
• Portuguese: telegrama
• Russian: телегра́мма
• Spanish: cablegrama, telegrama

Translations

• Russian: ка́бельтов
• Spanish: cable

Translations

• French: torsade
• German: Zopfmuster
• Italian: treccia
• Russian: кабель

Verb

cable (cables, present participle cabling; past and past participle cabled)

1. (transitive) To provide with cable(s)
2. (transitive) To fasten (as if) with cable(s)
3. (transitive) To wrap wires to form a cable
4. (transitive) To send a telegram by cable
5. (intransitive) To communicate by cable
6. (architecture, transitive) To ornament with cabling.
7. (knitting) To create cable stitches.

Translations

• Italian: cablare

Translations

• German: kabeln

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Cable

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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