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cable
Noun
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A cable is a strong wire or rope that is often made out of metal.
A strong cable held the two trees together.
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A cable can also be a cord that allows information to pass through.
My internet wasn't working because a cable was unplugged.
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Sometimes cable is short for cable television.
Do you have cable or satellite television?
cable
Verb
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To cable something, you use strong wires to attach two things together.
Cable the boats together so that they don't float away.
coupling
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noun
(= yoke)
a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
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noun
a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects
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noun
(= mating, pairing)
the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
the casual couplings of adolescents
the mating of some species occurs only in the spring