a heavy, strong rope.

a very strong rope made of strands of metal wire, as used to support cable cars or suspension bridges.

a cord of metal wire used to operate or pull a mechanism.

Nautical .

a thick hawser made of rope, strands of metal wire, or chain.

cable's length.

Electricity . an insulated electrical conductor, often in strands, or a combination of electrical conductors insulated from one another.

cablegram.

cable television.

cable-stitch.

Architecture . one of a number of reedings set into the flutes of a column or pilaster.

to send (a message) by cable.

to send a cablegram to.

to fasten with a cable.

to furnish with a cable.

to join (cities, parts of a country, etc.) by means of a cable television network

The state will be completely cabled in a few years.

to send a message by cable.

to cable-stitch.

noun

boom , chain , coaxial , cord , link , rope , stitch , telegram , television , wire