A fixture designed to be installed in the end of a cable or a conductor in order to facilitate the connection.

(nautical) a vessel fitted for laying and repairing submarine cables; it has a large roller built over the bows for paying out cable.

Alternative form of cable television

A transmission line, consisting of a conducting wire surrounded by an insulated spacer, surrounded by a cylindrical conducting sheath; used to carry high frequency signals such as TV.

(television) A set top box connecting a house to its cable service.

(Canada, US, informal) A man who works for the cable television service and installs cable television.

(often pluralized) A pair of insulated electrical wires with alligator clips at each end used to jump-start a car with a dead (flat) battery.

(often pluralized) Synonym of jumper cable

plural of cable-car

(US, Philippines) A streetcar moved by gripping to rotating loop of cable running along the track. / A hanging carriage or car for transporting people or cargo