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cable-ready
[ key-buhl-red-ee ]
/ ˈkeɪ bəlˌrɛd i /
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adjective
(of a television or VCR) able to receive cable television directly, without the need for special reception or decoding equipment.
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Origin of cable-ready
First recorded in 1980–85
Words nearby cable-ready
cablegram, cablelaid, cable molding, cablephoto, cable railway, cable-ready, cable release, cable's length, cable-stayed bridge, cable-stitch, cablet
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How to use cable-ready in a sentence
Not liking such a neighbour, they had their cable ready to slip and began to set their canvas.
English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century|James Anthony Froude