CABLE
What does "CABLE" mean?
A thick rope of wire or fiber, used to support structures or carry power and signals.
Meanings
- A strong thick rope of twisted wire or fiber. Steel cables held the bridge deck above the river.
- An insulated wire or bundle of wires carrying electricity or signals. He traced the cable from the wall to the router.
- Television service delivered by cable rather than broadcast. They cut the cable and switched to streaming.
- A telegram sent overseas, historically by undersea cable. She received his cable two days after he'd sailed. archaic
- To send a message by telegraph cable. He cabled the news to London the moment the ship docked. archaic
Did you know?
- Roughly 99% of the world's international internet traffic travels not through satellites but through fiber-optic cables lying on the ocean floor - the modern descendants of the Victorian telegraph cables.
Word origin
From Old North French 'cable', from Late Latin 'capulum' (a halter or rope for cattle), from Latin 'capere' (to take or hold).
Remember it
CABLE = CAB + LE: a cab carries people, a cable carries power and signals.
A little poem
Under the dark sea-
a thread thin as a finger
carries every word.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the wire break up with the cord? It found someone more well-connected.
What it teaches
The strongest links carry the most without ever being seen.
Quick facts
What does CABLE mean?
A thick rope of wire or fiber, used to support structures or carry power and signals.
Is CABLE a valid word?
Yes — CABLE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CABLE?
CABLE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does CABLE come from?
From Old North French 'cable', from Late Latin 'capulum' (a halter or rope for cattle), from Latin 'capere' (to take or hold).
What can CABLE teach us?
The strongest links carry the most without ever being seen.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.