cable
cable [cable cables cabled cabling] noun, verb BrE [ˈkeɪbl] NAmE [ˈkeɪbl]
noun 
1. uncountable, countable thick strong metal rope used on ships, for supporting bridges, etc.
2. countable, uncountable a set of wires, covered in plastic or rubber, that carries electricity, telephone signals, etc
•overhead/underground cables
•a 10 000 volt cable
•fibre-optic cable
3. uncountable = ↑cable television
• We can receive up to 500 cable channels.
4. countable (old-fashioned)a message sent by electrical signals and printed out
Word Origin:
Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French chable, from late Latin capulum ‘halter’.
Thesaurus:
cable noun C, U
•Roads have to be dug up to lay underground cables.
wire • |especially AmE cord • |BrE lead • • flex •
an electric/electrical cable/wire/cord/lead/flex
a telephone cable/wire/cord/lead
connect/disconnect a cable/wire/cord/lead/flex
Example Bank:
•Connect the cable to the correct terminal.
•Engineers plan to run the telephone cables under the river.
•I plugged the cable into the amplifier.
•Roads have to be dug up to lay underground cables.
•These cables can carry computer data.
•These fibre-optic cables can carry telephone calls and computer data.
•We just had cable installed.
•a cable running under the road
•a length of electric cable
•new cables connecting major cities in Europe
•A small hatch in the ceiling opened and the scanner descended, supported by thick cables.
verb transitive, intransitive ~ (sb) (old-fashioned)
to send sb a ↑cable n. (4)
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French chable, from late Latin capulum ‘halter’.
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