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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ca•ble /ˈkeɪbəl/USA pronunciation n., v., -bled, -bling. n. - Mechanical Engineeringa strong rope made of strands of metal wire, used to support bridges, etc.: [uncountable]The material is reinforced cable.[countable]the cables holding up a suspension bridge.
- Mechanical Engineeringa cord of metal wire used to carry electrical power, etc.: [uncountable]miles of electrical cable.[countable]The cables cut across the town lines.
- Telecommunications[countable] a cablegram.
- Radio and Television, Show Business cable television:[uncountable]That hotel has cable.
v. - Telecommunicationsto send (a message) by cable: [no object]He cabled from Europe asking for money.[~ + object]He cabled the message.[~ + (that) clause]He cabled that he needed money.
- Telecommunications to send a cablegram to:[~ + object]We cabled him last week.
- to send (money) by sending an instruction to a bank: [~ + object]She cabled fifty dollars to him.[~ + object + object]She cabled him fifty dollars.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ca•ble (kā′bəl),USA pronunciation n., v., -bled, -bling. n. - a heavy, strong rope.
- Civil Engineeringa very strong rope made of strands of metal wire, as used to support cable cars or suspension bridges.
- Civil Engineeringa cord of metal wire used to operate or pull a mechanism.
- Civil Engineering[Naut.]
- , Naval Terms, Nauticala thick hawser made of rope, strands of metal wire, or chain.
- , Naval Terms, NauticalSee cable's length.
- Electricityan insulated electrical conductor, often in strands, or a combination of electrical conductors insulated from one another.
- Telecommunicationscablegram.
- Radio and Television, Show BusinessSee cable television.
- Clothingcable-stitch.
- Architectureone of a number of reedings set into the flutes of a column or pilaster.
v.t. - Telecommunicationsto send (a message) by cable.
- Telecommunicationsto send a cablegram to.
- to fasten with a cable.
- to furnish with a cable.
- Radio and Television, Show Businessto join (cities, parts of a country, etc.) by means of a cable television network:The state will be completely cabled in a few years.
v.i. - Telecommunicationsto send a message by cable.
- Clothingto cable-stitch.
- Late Latin capulum lasso; compare Latin capulāre to rope, halter (cattle), akin to capere to take
- Old North French *cable
- Middle English, probably 1175–1225
- Biographical George Washington, 1844–1925, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
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