anchor ground tackle | a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving |
anchor chain anchor rope | the chain or rope that attaches an anchor to a vessel |
anchor light riding light riding lamp | a light in the rigging of a ship that is riding at anchor |
cable | a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire |
cable cable television cable system cable television service | a television system that transmits over cables |
cable line transmission line | a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power |
cable car car | a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway, they took a cable car to the top of the mountain |
cable railway funicular funicular railway | a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars |
coaxial cable coax coax cable | a transmission line for high-frequency signals |
egg-and-dart egg-and-anchor egg-and-tongue | a decorative molding, a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape |
electrical cable | a cable that provides an electrical connection for telephone or television or power stations |
ethernet cable | any of several types of coaxial cable used in ethernets |
fiber optic cable fibre optic cable | a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light |
grapnel grapnel anchor | a light anchor for small boats |
ground cable | a mooring cable, runs from a buoy to a mooring anchor |
guy guy cable guy wire guy rope | a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) |
jumper cable jumper lead lead booster cable | a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire, it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads |
mooring anchor | an anchor used to hold a mooring buoy or a channel marker in place |
mushroom anchor | an anchor used for semipermanent moorings, has a bowl-shaped head that will dig in however it falls |
power line power cable | cable used to distribute electricity |
printer cable | a cable between a computer and a printer |
sea anchor drogue | restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel, prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind |
sheet anchor waist anchor | spare anchor for use in emergency |
tramway tram aerial tramway cable tramway ropeway | a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers |
anchor mainstay keystone backbone linchpin lynchpin | a central cohesive source of support and stability, faith is his anchor, the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money, he is the linchpin of this firm |
cable cablegram overseas telegram | a telegram sent abroad |
cable television cable | television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver |
anchor anchorman anchorperson | a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute |
cable cable length cable's length | a nautical unit of depth |
ring halo annulus doughnut anchor ring | a toroidal shape, a ring of ships in the harbor, a halo of smoke |
cable telegraph wire | send cables, wires, or telegrams |
cable | fasten with a cable, cable trees |
anchor cast anchor drop anchor | secure a vessel with an anchor, We anchored at Baltimore |
anchor ground | fix firmly and stably, anchor the lamppost in concrete |
weigh anchor weigh the anchor | heave up an anchor in preparation for sailing |