{
    "term": "cable",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "image": "data/images/ca/cablecar.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a set of wires, covered in plastic or rubber, that carries electricity, phone signals, etc.",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**fibre-optic cable**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a power cable"
                },
                {
                    "text": "overhead/underground/undersea cables"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a 10 000-volt cable"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a USB cable"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a length of electric cable"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They're digging up the road to lay cables."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Connect the cable to the correct terminal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I plugged the cable into the amplifier."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Engineers plan to run the telephone cables under the river."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a cable running under the road."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Roads have to be dug up to lay underground cables."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fibre broadband uses faster and more reliable fibre-optic cables."
                },
                {
                    "text": "new cables connecting major cities in Europe"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["The environment", "Engineering"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["electric", "telephone", "overhead"],
                "… of cable": ["length"],
                "verb + cable": ["lay", "run", "attach"],
                "cable + verb": ["go", "run", "connect something"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "thick strong metal rope used on ships, for supporting bridges, etc.",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Transport by water"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a system of broadcasting television programmes along wires rather than by radio waves",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We can receive up to 500 cable channels."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We just had cable installed."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + cable": ["get", "have", "install"],
                "cable + noun": ["television", "TV", "channel"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a message sent by electrical signals and printed out",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkeɪbl/",
                "audio": "ca/cable/cable__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkeɪbl/",
                "audio": "ca/cable/cable__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French chable, from late Latin capulum ‘halter’."
}