cable
Plural: cables
Noun
- a telegram sent abroad
- a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
- a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire
- a nautical unit of depth
- television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
- a television system that transmits over cables
- A long object used to make a physical connection.
- A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
- A long object used to make a physical connection.
- An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes.
- A long object used to make a physical connection.
- An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.
- A long object used to make a physical connection.
- A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.
- A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
- A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
- Ellipsis of cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna.
- A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
- A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
- 100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
- The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.
- A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
- A textural pattern achieved by passing groups of stitches over one another.
Verb
Verb Forms: cabled, cabling, cables
- To fasten, secure, or transmit by means of a heavy rope.
- send cables, wires, or telegrams
- fasten with a cable
- "cable trees"
- To provide (something) with cable(s).
- To fasten (something) (as if) with cable(s).
- To wrap (wires) to form a cable.
- To send (a telegram, news, etc.) by cable.
- To communicate by cable.
- To ornament (something) with cabling.
- To create cable stitches.
Examples
- He used his final tiles to CABLE together a long word, securing the win.
- I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out.
Origin / Etymology
Recorded since c.1205 as Middle English cable, from Old Northern French cable, from Late Latin capulum (“lasso, rope, halter”), from Latin capiō (“to take, seize”). Use of the term "cable" to refer to the USD/GBP exchange rate originated in the mid-19th century, when the exchange rate began to be transmitted across the Atlantic by a submarine communications cable.
Synonyms
cable length, cable system, cable television, cable television service, cable's length, cablegram, line, overseas telegram, telegraph, transmission line, wire, cord, string, wire rope
Scrabble Score: 9
cable: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcable: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cable: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary