noun
1 set of wires
ADJECTIVE
▪ electric , telephone
▪ overhead , underground
▪ fibre-optic/fiber-optic
▪ steel
▪ analogue/analog , digital
… OF CABLE
▪ length
▪
a length of electric ~
VERB + CABLE
▪ lay , run
▪
Roads have to be dug up to lay underground ~s.
▪
Engineers plan to run the telephone ~s under the river.
▪ attach , connect , plug , plug in
▪
Connect the ~ to the correct terminal.
▪
I plugged the ~ into the amplifier.
▪ disconnect , unplug
CABLE + VERB
▪ go , run
▪
a ~ running under the road
▪ connect sth
▪
new ~s connecting major cities in Europe
▪ carry sth
▪
These ~s can carry computer data.
2 system providing TV, Internet and phone
VERB + CABLE
▪ get , have
▪ install
▪
We just had ~ installed.
CABLE + NOUN
▪ television , TV
▪ channel , network
▪ company , operator , provider
▪ subscriber
▪ subscription
▪ bill
▪ connection
▪ box
▪ modem