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cable drum

cable drum noun: a cable reel, on which (electrical) cable is wound for transport and ultimate use.

cable drum: a cable reel, on which (electrical) cable is wound for transport and ultimate use
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Noun

cable drum (plural cable drums)

  1. A cable reel, on which (electrical) cable is wound for transport and ultimate use.
  2. A driven cylindrical winding drum around which a steel cable is wound, used for haulage on inclines, ski lifts etc.
    • Cable drum at the head of the Bryngwyn incline1944 September and October, “Scenes on the Abandoned Welsh Highland Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 292, photo caption

cable drum meaning in Tamil

cable drum in Tamil

வடக்கொட்டு, வடவுருளை

Forms of cable drum

pluralcable drums

Questions about cable drum

What does cable drum mean?
Cable drum means a cable reel, on which (electrical) cable is wound for transport and ultimate use.
What is cable drum in Tamil?
Cable drum in Tamil is வடக்கொட்டு, வடவுருளை. See Cable drum meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cable drum?
Cable drum is a noun.
What is the plural of cable drum?
The plural of cable drum is cable drums.

Words near cable drum in the dictionary

  1. cable buoys
  2. cable car
  3. cable cars
  4. cable core
  5. cable cores
  6. cable drum
  7. cable drums
  8. cable ferries
  9. cable ferry
  10. cable gland
  11. cable glands

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cable drum (page history and authors); cable drum (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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