Cable Definition
kābəl
cabled, cables, cabling
noun
cables
A thick, heavy rope, now often of wire strands.
Webster's New World
Something that resembles such steel or fiber rope.
American Heritage
A bound or sheathed group of mutually insulated conductors.
American Heritage
The strong, heavy chain attached to a ship's anchor: anchor cables were formerly of rope.
Webster's New World
A bundle of insulated wires through which an electric current can be passed: telegraph or telephone cables are often laid under the ground or on the ocean floor.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- transmission-line
- line
- cable's length
- cable-length
- cable television
- overseas telegram
- cablegram
- cable system
- cable television service
- highline
- wats
- television
- telegram
- rope
- link
adjective
Of or relating to a subscription television or Internet service that uses cables to carry signals between local distribution antennas and the subscriber's location.
American Heritage
verb
cabled, cables, cabling
To fasten or furnish with a cable or cables.
Webster's New World
To send a cablegram to.
Webster's New World
To transmit by undersea cable.
Webster's New World
To send a cablegram.
Webster's New World
(architecture) To ornament with cabling.
Wiktionary
Origin of Cable
-
Middle English from Old North French from Late Latin capulum lasso from Latin capere to seize kap- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
-
Recorded since c.1205, from Old Northern French, from Medieval Latin capulum (“lasso, rope, halter”), from Latin capiō (“to take, seize”).
From Wiktionary
Cable Is Also Mentioned In
Find Similar Words
Find similar words to cable using the buttons below.