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noncable

noncable adjective: not of or pertaining to cable television.

Adjective

noncable (not comparable)

  1. Not of or pertaining to cable television.
    • But she used a word seldom heard on the noncable air, and then only by accident —— a word that is not publishable in the newspaper.2008 May 14, James Barron, “When an Anchor Curses on the Air, She Becomes the Night’s Top Story”, in New York Times

Origin of noncable

From non- + cable.

Questions about noncable

What does noncable mean?
Noncable means not of or pertaining to cable television.
What part of speech is noncable?
Noncable is an adjective.

Words near noncable in the dictionary

  1. nonbylined
  2. nonbypassable
  3. nonbypassed
  4. nonbyte
  5. noncabinet
  6. noncable
  7. noncacheable
  8. noncached
  9. noncaching
  10. noncactophilic
  11. noncactus

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