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cable

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cable

noun

1 a thick cable moored the ship to the dock:

rope, cord, line, guy, piece of cordage;

wire, chain;

Nautical hawser, stay, bridle, topping lift;

North American choker.

2 electric cables:

wire, lead, cord;

power line;

British flex.

verb

the secretariat cabled a reply:

send, transmit;

radio;

informal wire;

dated telegraph, radio-telegraph.