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

  • (..) Monsieur Dumont, you must move your vehicle immediately. I am so sorry, Officer Clouseau. My chair, it won't move. Here's your problem. Your battery cable has come undone. Let me help. Let's see. The positive to the negative. The negative to the positive. There. All right, you are ready to go. (..)
    2006 The Pink Panther