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Definition of cable: 1. A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links.
2. A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; - called also cable molding.
3. A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable.
4. To fasten with a cable.
5. To ornament with cabling. See Cabling.
6. To telegraph by a submarine cable

Synonyms:

cable system, argument, occupation, wrinkle, cable length, subscriber line, lineage, air, melodic line, furrow, line of credit, telegraph, contrast, production line, strain, communication channel, overseas telegram, line of reasoning, product line, pipeline, line of business, electrify, telephone circuit, seam, origin, logical argument, tune, cable's length, business, channel, personal credit line, wire, telephone line, ancestry, billet, line, railway line, cable television, stock, dividing line, bloodline, stemma, blood, pedigree, cable television service, argumentation, crinkle, melodic phrase, rail line, line of descent, agate line, parentage, business line, phone line, demarcation, personal line of credit, cablegram, line of merchandise, transmission line, melody, short letter, bank line, note, credit line, job, course, crease, blood line, descent, line of products, line of work, assembly line

wire twist, chain, preformed cable