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The Meaning of cable
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(n.) 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.
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(n.) 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.
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(n.) 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.
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(v. t.) To fasten with a cable.
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(v. t.) To ornament with cabling. See Cabling.
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(v. t. & i.) To telegraph by a submarine cable
Synonyms
cablegram
,
overseas telegram
,
line
,
transmission line
,
cable length
,
cable's length
,
cable television
,
cable television
,
cable system
,
cable television service
,
telegraph
,
wire
Homophones
kable
Rhymes
abel
,
abell
,
able
,
chaebol
,
crable
,
disable
,
enable
,
fable
,
frable
,
gable
,
habile
,
hable
,
intercable
,
kable
,
knable
,
label
,
laible
,
mabel
,
mable
,
mislabel
,
playbill
,
rabal
,
raible
,
relabel
,
roundtable
,
sable
,
stabile
,
stable
,
table
,
timetable
,
turntable
,
unable
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unstable
,
waibel
,
waybill
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zabel