cable
A long object used to make a physical connection.
Other meanings
A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes.
A kind of
- rope
Kinds of cable
- ground cable
Related words
- cable-ready
- male-to-male cable
- anticable
- cablecast
- cablegami
- Cablegate
- cableless
- cablelike
- cableman
- cabler
- cablese
- cablevision
Word history
From Latin "capiō" (to take, seize).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “cable” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.