Noun

(en noun)

someone who cables, who puts together or fixes cables

(television) a cable television network

Noun

(en noun)

(label) A long object used to make a physical connection.

# A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.

# An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes.

# An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.

# (label) A heavy rope or chain of at least 10 inches thick, as used to moor or anchor a ship.

(communications) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.

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# Short for cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna.

A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.

(label) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.

(label) The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.

(label) A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.