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['keibl] 1. noun1) ((a) strong rope or chain for hauling or tying anything, especially a ship.) cablu, parâmă2) ((a set of) wires for carrying electric current or signals: They are laying (a) new cable.) cablu3) ((a rope made of) strands of metal wound together for supporting a bridge etc.) cablu4) ((also cablegram) a telegram sent by cable.) telegramă5) (cable television.)2. verb(to telegraph by cable: I cabled news of my mother's death to our relations in Canada.) a telegrafia- cable television
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