Thesaurus: cable

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1. n. A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links.
2. n. A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable.
3. n. A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called also cable molding.
4. v. t. To fasten with a cable.
5. v. t. To ornament with cabling. See Cabling.
6. v. t. & i. To telegraph by a submarine cable
7. n. a telegram sent abroad
8. n. a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
9. n. a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire
10. n. a nautical unit of depth
11. n. television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
12. n. a television system that transmits over cables