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1 cable
['keibl] 1. noun1) ((a) strong rope or chain for hauling or tying anything, especially a ship.) kaðall, keðja, festar2) ((a set of) wires for carrying electric current or signals: They are laying (a) new cable.) kapall, leiðsla3) ((a rope made of) strands of metal wound together for supporting a bridge etc.) vírkaðall4) ((also cablegram) a telegram sent by cable.) símskeyti5) (cable television.)2. verb(to telegraph by cable: I cabled news of my mother's death to our relations in Canada.) senda símskeyti- cable television
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2 cable TV
noun (a system of broadcasting television programmes by cable.) -
3 cable television
noun (a system of broadcasting television programmes by cable.) -
4 cable-car
noun (a vehicle that moves up and down a mountain, cliff etc by means of a cable.) -
5 capstan
['kæpstən](a drum-shaped machine, used for winding eg a ship's anchor-cable.) gangspil, vinda -
6 chairlift
noun (a set of seats hanging from a cable, used to take skiers etc up a mountain.) stólalyfta -
7 contract
1. [kən'trækt] verb1) (to make or become smaller, less, shorter, tighter etc: Metals expand when heated and contract when cooled; `I am' is often contracted to `I'm'; Muscles contract.) dragast saman2) ( to promise legally in writing: They contracted to supply us with cable.) gera samning3) (to become infected with (a disease): He contracted malaria.) sÿkjast af4) (to promise (in marriage).) strengja hjúskaparheit2. ['kontrækt] noun(a legal written agreement: He has a four-year contract (of employment) with us; The firm won a contract for three new aircraft.) samningur- contractor -
8 cord
[ko:d]1) ((a piece of) thin rope or thick string: The burglars tied up the nightwatchman with thick cord.) mjór kaðall; svert snæri2) (a string-like part of the body: the spinal cord; the vocal cords.) mæna3) (a length of electric cable or flex attached to an electrical appliance: the cord of his electric razor.) rafmagnssnúra4) (a kind of velvet fabric with a ribbed appearance; (in plural) trousers made of this: a pair of cords.) rifflað flauel -
9 funicular (railway)
noun (a kind of railway in which carriages are pulled uphill by cable etc.) togbraut -
10 hawser
['ho:zə](a thick rope or a steel cable for towing ships or tying them to a dock etc.) landfesti -
11 main
[mein] 1. adjective(chief, principal or most important: the main purpose; the main character in the story.) aðal-, megin-2. noun((also mains) the chief pipe or cable in a branching system of pipes or cables: The water's been turned off at the main(s); ( also adjective) the mains electricity supply.) aðalæð- mainly- mainland
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12 moor
I [muə] noun(a large stretch of open, unfarmed land with poor soil often covered with heather, coarse grass etc.) hrjóstrugt mÿrlendi, lyngheiði- moorlandII [muə] verb(to fasten (a ship etc) by a rope, cable or anchor: We moored (the yacht) in the bay.) leggja við akkeri; festa með landfestum- mooring- moorings -
13 plug
1. noun1) (a device for putting into a mains socket in order to allow an electric current to flow through the appliance to which it is attached by cable: She changed the plug on the electric kettle.) (tengi)kló2) (an object shaped for fitting into the hole in a bath or sink to prevent the water from running away, or a piece of material for blocking any hole.) tappi2. verb(to block (a hole) by putting a plug in it: He plugged the hole in the window with a piece of newspaper.) setja tappa í- plug in -
14 ski lift
noun (a cable system with chairs for carrying skiers up a slope.) -
15 ski tow
noun (a ski lift; a cable system for pulling skiers up a slope.) -
16 tow
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17 wire
1. noun1) (( also adjective) (of) metal drawn out into a long strand, as thick as string or as thin as thread: We need some wire to connect the battery to the rest of the circuit; a wire fence.) vír2) (a single strand of this: There must be a loose wire in my radio somewhere.) vír3) (the metal cable used in telegraphy: The message came over the wire this morning.) ritsími4) (a telegram: Send me a wire if I'm needed urgently.) símskeyti2. verb1) (to fasten, connect etc with wire: The house has been wired (up), but the electricity hasn't been connected yet.) leggja raflögn í2) (to send a telegram to: Wire me if anything important happens.) senda símskeyti3) (to send (a message) by telegram: You can wire the details to my brother in New York.) senda símskeyti•- wireless- wiring
- high wire
- wire-netting
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