cable
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Is cable a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (material) A long object used to make a physical connection.Synonyms: wire rope, cord, stringmaterial
2. (material) A long object used to make a physical connection.material
3. (material) A long object used to make a physical connection.material
4. (material) A long object used to make a physical connection.Examples: "“And now the time of tide has come; the ship casts off her cables; and from the deserted wharf the uncheered ship for Tarshish, all careening, glides to sea."material
5. (communication) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.Examples: "I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out."; "If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets, […]. Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcast’s status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry."
6. (communication) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.abbreviationalt-ofellipsis
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To provide (something) with cable(s).transitive
2. (transitive) To fasten (something) (as if) with cable(s).transitive
3. (transitive) To wrap (wires) to form a cable.transitive
4. (transitive) To send (a telegram, news, etc.) by cable.Examples: "Details of a bottle fight in El Morocco were cabled all over the world."; "On 8th November Anthony cabled them, ‘Your great-grandson Randal Lewis Casson arrived to-day. Both well,’ and we sent, ‘Congratulations on becoming great-grandparents.’"transitive
5. (intransitive) To communicate by cable.intransitive
6. (transitive, architecture) To ornament (something) with cabling.transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary