electrical cable
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2.8
- noun
- /ɪˈlɛktrɪkəl ˈkeɪbəl/
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cable eléctrico
- Each was covered with spotted plastic sheets or dusty canvas tarpaulins; crates of spare parts were stacked nearby, and electrical cables snaked across the concrete floor.
- a thick electrical cable
- miles of electrical cable
- electrical cables snake
Examples
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True, there were still a few cranes in the museum's backyard, and some exposed electrical cables still snaked across the ground.
Academic text (2009) -
As of right now, the kitchen space is nearly wired with electrical cable, the new windows are in (without glass), the partition separating the workspace from the sale area is completed, the water tank is elevated, and the sink has been installed, giving us a supply of running water!
Blog text (11) -
Here we see Edison's workers laying down electrical cable beneath New York City.
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Some plants have ninety miles of piping and over 1,000 miles of electrical cable.
Academic text (1999) -
Crews from several TV stations had set up their lights around the stage area, and thick electrical cables snaked everywhere along the grass.
Fiction book (1998) -
We run some industrial-strength electrical cable from the top of the clock tower down, suspending it over the street between these two lamp posts.
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Outside was a long row of clapboard houses, all built on stilts (ready for the next flood), and beyond that, thick electrical cables sagging between poles, then treetops, then sky.
Fiction book (1998) -
Salik and Tessaril had found spare electrical cables and rigged up water electrolysis units to produce oxygen, which they stored in the empty tanks of the AMs.
Fiction book (1998) -
The electrician installed new electrical cables to improve the building's power supply.
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Fat black electrical cables snaked over the floor in the construction area.
Synonyms
282
2.4
A thick strong wire that carries electricity or signals
92
2.0
A thin insulated wire that carries electricity to appliances
5
2.4
A wire that carries electricity to a machine or device
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2.2
A cable that connects a device to a wall outlet to give it power
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2.4
A flexible covered wire that carries electricity to an appliance
A thin metal line that carries electricity from one place to another
How Thick
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a cable that carries electricity' is directly and transparently derived from 'electrical' (pertaining to electricity) modifying 'cable' (a strong wire for power). This simple adjective + noun compositional pattern is common across languages and follows standard English modification, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Electrical cable comes from the simple image of electrical meaning 'power' and cable meaning a thick, rope-like bundle of wires. Imagine a covered rope of wires carrying a flow of 'electricity' to a lamp or TV, and you see why it means a protected bundle of wires used to 'carry' power.