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Cable (noun)
A long object used to make a physical connection.
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Cable (noun)
A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
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Cable (noun)
An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes.
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Cable (noun)
An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.
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Cable (noun)
(communications) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
“I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out.”
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Cable (noun)
A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.
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Cable (noun)
A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
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Cable (noun)
A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
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Cable (noun)
100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
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Cable (noun)
The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.
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Cable (noun)
A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
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Cable (verb)
To provide with cable(s)
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Cable (verb)
To fasten (as if) with cable(s)
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Cable (verb)
To wrap wires to form a cable
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Cable (verb)
To send a telegram by cable
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Cable (verb)
To communicate by cable
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Cable (verb)
To ornament with cabling.
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Cord (noun)
A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber (rope, for example); uncountable such a length of twisted strands considered as a commodity.
“The burglar tied up the victim with a cord.”
“He looped some cord around his fingers.”
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Cord (noun)
A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper (US vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.
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Cord (noun)
A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 × 4 × 8 feet), composed of logs and/or split logs four feet long and none over eight inches diameter. It is usually seen as a stack four feet high by eight feet long.
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Cord (noun)
Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord.
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Cord (noun)
Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve.
“spermatic cord; spinal cord; umbilical cord; vocal cords”
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Cord (noun)
dated form of chord|nodot=1: musical sense.
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Cord (noun)
misspelling of chord|nodot=1: a cross-section measurement of an aircraft wing.
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Cord (verb)
To furnish with cords
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Cord (verb)
To tie or fasten with cords
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Cord (verb)
To flatten a book during binding
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Cord (verb)
To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.