a thick rope of wire or hemp used for construction, mooring ships, and towing vehicles

steel cables held the convoy together

an insulated wire or wires having a protective casing and used for transmitting electricity or telecommunication signals

an underground cable

transatlantic phone calls went by cable

send a message to (someone) by cablegram

he cabled her to cancel all arrangements

provide (an area) with power lines or with the equipment necessary for cable television

nearly all urban areas are cabled, so viewers can choose from up to 20 channels

decorate (a structure) with rope-shaped mouldings

a part that is added to something to enlarge or prolong it

the railway's southern extension

a length of electric cable which permits the use of appliances at some distance from a fixed socket

a subsidiary telephone on the same line as the main one

you can listen on the extension in the bedroom

the action of moving a limb from a bent to a straight position

seizures with sudden rigid extension of the limbs

denoting instruction by a university or college arranged for people who are not full-time students

a postgraduate extension course

the range of a term or concept as measured by the objects which it denotes or contains

the property of occupying space

nature, for Descartes, was pure extension in space