Cable

Noun

 * 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)  A heavy rope or chain of at least 10 inches thick, as used to moor or anchor a ship
 * 5) (communications) A system for receiving television or Internet service over coaxial or fibreoptic cables
 * 6) Short for cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna
 * 7) A telegram, notably when send by (submarine) telegraph cable
 * 8)  A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile
 * 9)  The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar

Verb

 * 1)  To provide with cable(s)
 * 2)  To fasten (as if) with cable(s)
 * 3)  To wrap wires to form a cable
 * 4)  To send a telegram by cable
 * 5)  To communicate by cable

Adjectives for Cable
heavy; electric; steel-wire; enormous; light; underground; overhead.

Verb for Cable
insulate—; lay—; reclaim—; reenforce—; sheathe—; snap—; solder—; stretch—; —communicates; —connects; —rusts; —transmits.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

 * (nautical rope) hawser (thinner)

Derived terms

 * cablecar
 * cablegram
 * cable internet
 * cable-laid
 * cable television
 * cableway
 * chain-cable
 * cable guy

Related terms

 * cablet

Thesaurus
armored cable, battery cable, bell wire, braid, brail, cablegram, chain, co-ax, coaxial cable, concentric cable, cord, day letter, electric cable, electric cord, fast telegram, flash, guy, hawser, highline, hookup wire, lead, ligament, ligation, ligature, line, mooring, night letter, party line, power line, private line, radio, radiogram, rope, send a wire, sign off, sign on, spun yarn, strand, string, telegram, telegraph, telegraph cable, telegraph line, telephone line, telex, tendon, thong, three-wire cable, transmission line, triaxial cable, trunk, trunk line, twine, twist, underground cable, wire, wire line, yarn