cable

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Synonyms: able, sable, fable, table, gable, mable, coble, lable, cabre, caple, hable

Antonyms: able, sable, fable, table, gable, mable, coble, lable, cabre, caple, hable

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|material}} A long object used to make a physical connection.
2. {{lb|en|communications}} A system for transmitting [[television]] or [[Internet]] services over a network of [[coaxial]] or [[fibreoptic]] cables.
3. {{senseid|en|telegram}} A [[telegram]], notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
4. {{lb|en|nautical}} A unit of [[length]] equal to one tenth of a [[nautical mile]].
5. {{lb|en|unit|chiefly|nautical}} 100 [[fathom]]s, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
6. {{lb|en|finance}} The [[currency]] pair British Pound against United States Dollar.
7. {{lb|en|architecture}} A [[moulding]], [[shaft]] of a [[column]], or any other member of [[convex]], [[rounded]] [[section]], made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
8. {{lb|en|knitting}} A textural pattern achieved by passing groups of stitches over one another.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[provide]] (something) with cable(s).
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[fasten]] (something) (as if) with cable(s).
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[wrap]] ([[wire]]s) to form a cable.
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[send]] (a [[telegram]], [[news]], etc.) by cable.
5. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[communicate]] by cable.
6. {{lb|en|transitive|architecture}} To [[ornament]] (something) with [[cabling]].
7. {{lb|en|intransitive|knitting}} To create cable stitches.

Proper noun

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