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Word entry · 5 letters

cable

Best crossword clue

"Internet line, perhaps"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈkeɪ.bəl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted abcelStarts with CEnds with E3 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. send cables, wires, or telegrams

Word origin

Recorded since c.1205 as Middle English cable, from Old Northern French cable, from Late Latin capulum (“lasso, rope, halter”), from Latin capiō (“to take, seize”). Use of the term "cable" to refer to the USD/GBP exchange rate originated in the mid-19th century, when the exchange rate began to be transmitted across the Atlantic by a submarine communications cable.

Used in a sentence

  • “And now the time of tide has come; the ship casts off her cables; and from the deserted wharf the uncheered ship for Tarshish, all careening, glides to sea.
  • I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out.
  • Details of a bottle fight in El Morocco were cabled all over the world.

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Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01Internet line, perhaps5 letters
02Thick wire5 letters
03Thick wire or cord5 letters

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