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n. A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links. A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable.

 - An underground or underseas bundle of wires in insulation used for the transmission of messages by telegraph or telephone.

 - (Arch) A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the ...