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GUY CABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does guy cable mean?
• GUY CABLE (noun)
The noun GUY CABLE has 1 sense:
1. a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
Familiarity information: GUY CABLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
guy; guy cable; guy rope; guy wire
Hypernyms ("guy cable" is a kind of...):
brace; bracing (a structural member used to stiffen a framework)
Holonyms ("guy cable" is a part of...):
collapsible shelter; tent (a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs))
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