Electrical wire that connects to outlet or device

noun

1. A strong rope especially of 10 inches (25 centimeters) or more in circumference
2. A cable-laid rope
3. A wire rope or metal chain of great tensile strength
4. A wire or wire rope by which force is exerted to control or operate a mechanism
5. Cable length
6. An assembly of electrical conductors insulated from each other but laid up together (as by being twisted around a central core)
7. Cablegram
8. Something resembling or fashioned like a cable

   "a fiber-optic cable"

9. Cable television

   "a house with cable"

10. A cable infrastructure used to provide services other than television

verb

1. To fasten with or as if with a cable
2. To provide with a cable or cables
3. To telegraph by submarine cable
4. To make into a cable or into a form resembling a cable
5. To communicate by a submarine cable

biographical name

1. George Washington 1844–1925 American novelist

noun

1. One suspended from an overhead cable
2. One that moves along tracks

adjective

1. Having or made with a knitting stitch that produces a pattern resembling the twist of a usually two-ply cable

   "a cable-knit sweater"

adjective

1. Composed of three ropes laid together left-handed with each containing three strands twisted together

noun

1. A maritime unit of length variously reckoned as 100 fathoms, 120 fathoms, or 608 feet

noun

1. A modem for connecting a computer to a network over a cable television line

noun

1. A system of television reception in which signals from distant stations are picked up by a master antenna and sent by cable to the individual receivers of paying subscribers

noun

1. A box that receives television signals from a cable television system and sends them to the television