TubeTalk Pronunciation

How to pronounce “cable”

Hear “cable” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.

Pronunciation guide for cable

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of cable with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the InternetAnd the cable guy came to fix it.
Definition summary: (material) A long object used to make a physical connection.

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Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet

And the cable guy came to fix it.

[Noun]
(material) A long object used to make a physical connection.
(communication) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
(nautical) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
(unit, chiefly nautical) 100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
(finance) The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.
(architecture) A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
(knitting) A textural pattern achieved by passing groups of stitches over one another.
[Verb]
(transitive) To provide (something) with cable(s).
(transitive) To fasten (something) (as if) with cable(s).
(transitive) To wrap (wires) to form a cable.
(transitive) To send (a telegram, news, etc.) by cable.
(intransitive) To communicate by cable.
(transitive, architecture) To ornament (something) with cabling.
(intransitive, knitting) To create cable stitches.