cablecast

[ key-buhl-kast, -kahst ]

/ ˈkeɪ bəlˌkæst, -ˌkɑst /

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noun

a television program broadcast via cable television.

adjective

(of television programs) broadcast via cable: a cablecast news program.

verb (used with or without object), ca·ble·cast or ca·ble·cast·ed, ca·ble·cast·ing.

to broadcast via cable television.

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Origin of cablecast

First recorded in 1965–70; cable + (broad)cast

OTHER WORDS FROM cablecast

ca·ble·cast·er, noun

Words nearby cablecast

cable, cable bend, cable box, cable buoy, cable car, cablecast, cablegram, cablelaid, cable molding, cablephoto, cable railway