cable

Definition

  • noun: a thick, strong rope made of wires that are twisted together
  • noun: a strong rope especially of 10 inches (25 centimeters) or more in circumference
  • verb: to send a message by telegraph
  • verb: to fasten with or as if with a cable

Examples

  • a 'cable box' [=a box that sends television signals from a cable into the television]

  • Tourists packed the 'cable cars' on the hilly streets of San Francisco.

  • The skiers took a 'cable car' to the top of the mountain.

Movie quotes

  • (..) - There's nowhere to go. On the bus! You've got to turn the truck east! Stay straight! Gimme a hand! We can get a cable on it! Fox showed me how to override the reactor. Oh, dear. Including... the emergency flood. There's... no way... (..)
    2012 The Dark Knight Rises
  • (..) Really? Mine's in my mattress. You don't put these guys down, that stuffing in your mattress might be worth a whole helluva lot less. Cut the fiber cable and take out that cell tower. - Thank you. - That'll slow 'em down. They cut the fiber. Cell's working. (..)
    2012 The Dark Knight Rises