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cable-laid rope

cable-laid rope noun: a very thick rope used for tasks such as towing, made by twisting together three ordinary hawser-laid ropes.

Noun

cable-laid rope (countable and uncountable, plural cable-laid ropes)

  1. A very thick rope used for tasks such as towing, made by twisting together three ordinary hawser-laid ropes.

Forms of cable-laid rope

pluralcable-laid ropes

Questions about cable-laid rope

What does cable-laid rope mean?
Cable-laid rope means a very thick rope used for tasks such as towing, made by twisting together three ordinary hawser-laid ropes.
What part of speech is cable-laid rope?
Cable-laid rope is a noun.
What is the plural of cable-laid rope?
The plural of cable-laid rope is cable-laid ropes.

Words near cable-laid rope in the dictionary

  1. cable-car
  2. cable-cars
  3. cable-knit
  4. cable-lacing
  5. cable-laid
  6. cable-laid rope
  7. cable-laid ropes
  8. cable-ready
  9. cable-stayed bridge
  10. cable-stayed bridges
  11. cablecar

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