<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a heavy, strong rope.</li><li>a very strong rope made of strands of metal wire, as used to support cable cars or suspension bridges.</li><li>a cord of metal wire used to operate or pull a mechanism.</li><li>Nautical. a thick hawser made of rope, strands of metal wire, or chain.</li><li>cable's length.</li><li>Electricity. an insulated electrical conductor, often in strands, or a combination of electrical conductors insulated from one another.</li><li>cablegram.</li><li>cable television.</li><li>cable-stitch.</li><li>Architecture. one of a number of reedings set into the flutes of a column or pilaster.</li></ul>