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[ US /ˈkeɪbəɫ/ ]
[ UK /kˈe‍ɪbə‍l/ ]
NOUN
  1. a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
  2. a nautical unit of depth
  3. television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
  4. a television system that transmits over cables
  5. a telegram sent abroad
  6. a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire
VERB
  1. fasten with a cable
    cable trees
  2. send cables, wires, or telegrams

How To Use cable In A Sentence

  • Such a level of monitoring is not only impracticable; it is incompatible with intellectual freedom.
  • For high-definition video, the umi needs an Internet connection that can send, or upload, data at 1.5 megabits per second, higher than that of typical DSL or cable services. Cisco Launches 'Umi' Telepresence Box To Turn TVs Into Videophones
  • Update: BB commenter DHC says, It's worth noting that his is an outtake from a TV show that Warhol developed and aired on Manhattan cable. Boing Boing
  • Once upon a time there was an old sow of impeccable reputation who lived a quiet life inside a busy farmyard. Times, Sunday Times
  • Jealous Liberal Journalists Attack Keith Olbermann yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Jealous Liberal Journalists Attack Keith Olbermann'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Lookout Keith Olbermann: now that you are more popular than Bill O\'Reilly in the cable news Neilson ratings, you must confront an even bigger monster, an even more tenacious adversary, an egomaniacally superior life-species: establishment liberal journalists.' Jealous Liberal Journalists Attack Keith Olbermann
  • Each new exhibition of the irrevocableness of the break between Jesus and the leaders was a severe test of their loyalty. The Life of Jesus of Nazareth
  • Depardieu's flick-knife is stuck in his stomach, and the dying man's description of his attacker is pointedly applicable to Depardieu. Archive 2008-08-01
  • Writers' residuals for original programming on basic cable, ranging from series such as Lifetime Television's ‘Any Day Now’ to telepics for Disney Channel, will also be bumped up.
  • Well, then, I'll get the port cable bent and the anchor a-cockbill ready for lettin 'go before touchin' the canvas. A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron
  • He warned others about the live electric cables as they climbed to safety.
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