Cable ˈkeɪbl Fibre Optic Telephone Noun Bre Overhead/Underground Volt

• overhead/underground cables
• a 10 000 volt cable
• fibre-optic cable
• we can receive up to 500 cable channels.

cable

1. thick strong metal rope used on ships, for supporting bridges, etc.
• See related entries: Parts of boats and ships
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/parts_of_boats_and_ships/cable_3
2. a set of wires, covered in plastic or rubber, that carries electricity, telephone signals, etc.
• overhead/underground cables
• a 10 000 volt cable
• fibre-optic cable
• = cable television
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/cable-television
• We can receive up to 500 cable channels.
3. a message sent by electrical signals and printed out

Extra Examples

• Connect the cable to the correct terminal.
• Engineers plan to run the telephone cables under the river.
• I plugged the cable into the amplifier.
• Roads have to be dug up to lay underground cables.
• These cables can carry computer data.
• These fibre-optic cables can carry telephone calls and computer data.
• We just had cable installed.
• a cable running under the road
• a length of electric cable
• new cables connecting major cities in Europe
• A small hatch in the ceiling opened and the scanner descended, supported by thick cables.

Word Origin

• Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French chable, from late Latin capulum ‘halter’.