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The correct spelling is cables.
How to pronounce cables
noun
Say it like: Cab-les
The correct spelling is cables. (material) A long object used to make a physical connection. For example: "I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out."
Usage Examples
“I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.(material) A long object used to make a physical connection.
- 2.(communications) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
- 3.A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
- 4.A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
- 5.(unit, chiefly nautical) 100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
verb
- 1.To provide with cable(s)
- 2.To fasten (as if) with cable(s)
- 3.To wrap wires to form a cable
- 4.To send a telegram by cable
- 5.To communicate by cable
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