CABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cable mean?
• CABLE (noun)
The noun CABLE has 6 senses:
1. a telegram sent abroad
2. a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
3. a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire
4. a nautical unit of depth
5. television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
6. a television system that transmits over cables
Familiarity information: CABLE used as a noun is common.
• CABLE (verb)
The verb CABLE has 2 senses:
1. send cables, wires, or telegrams
2. fasten with a cable
Familiarity information: CABLE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CABLE (noun)
Meaning:
A telegram sent abroad
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
overseas telegram; cablegram; cable
Hypernyms ("cable" is a kind of...):
telegram; wire (a message transmitted by telegraph)
Meaning:
A conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
transmission line; cable; line
Hypernyms ("cable" is a kind of...):
conductor (a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cable"):
coax; coax cable; coaxial cable (a transmission line for high-frequency signals)
electrical cable (a cable that provides an electrical connection for telephone or television or power stations)
fiber optic cable; fibre optic cable (a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light)
power cable; power line (cable used to distribute electricity)
printer cable (a cable between a computer and a printer)
Holonyms ("cable" is a part of...):
cable; cable system; cable television; cable television service (a television system that transmits over cables)
phone system; telephone system (a communication system that transmits sound between distant points)
Meaning:
A very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cable" is a kind of...):
rope (a strong line)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cable"):
ground cable (a mooring cable; runs from a buoy to a mooring anchor)
Holonyms ("cable" is a part of...):
suspension bridge (a bridge that has a roadway supported by cables that are anchored at both ends)
Meaning:
A nautical unit of depth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
cable's length; cable length; cable
Hypernyms ("cable" is a kind of...):
linear unit (a unit of measurement of length)
Meaning:
Television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
cable television; cable
Hypernyms ("cable" is a kind of...):
telecasting; television; TV; video (broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects)
Meaning:
A television system that transmits over cables
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
cable system; cable television service; cable television; cable
Hypernyms ("cable" is a kind of...):
television; television system (a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points)
Meronyms (parts of "cable"):
cable; line; transmission line (a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power)
• CABLE (verb)
Meaning:
Send cables, wires, or telegrams
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
cable; telegraph; wire
Hypernyms (to "cable" is one way to...):
telecommunicate (communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail)
Domain category:
telegraphy (communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sentence examples:
They cable them the information
They cable the information to them
Meaning:
Fasten with a cable
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
cable trees
Hypernyms (to "cable" is one way to...):
fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
