OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 3003

cable

/ˈkeɪ.bəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cable
A long object used to make a physical connection.
cuerda
A long object used to make a physical connection.
“And now the time of tide has come; the ship casts off her cables; and from the deserted wharf the uncheered ship for Tarshish, all careening, glides to sea.
televisión por cable
A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
cablegrama • telegrama
A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
cable
A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
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