Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cablecast

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ca-ble-cast
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A telecast via cable television.

verb

To originate a video and audio program by using a broadcast station or infrastructure focused on cable television operation.

adj

broadcast via cable television

Example Sentences

"The festival is produced collaboratively by several Boston-area public access communities, but it represents the collaboration of women around the world. Interviews, excerpts from submitted tapes, and live segments are combined for a five-hour live cablecast on International Women's Day in the Boston area."
"We will cablecast the final game on this station."
"Cablecast programs are as popular as many broadcast programs."

Etymology

From cable + -cast, from broadcast.

Inflected Forms

cablecasts (plural) cablecasts (present, singular) cablecasting (participle, present) cablecasted (common, error unknown tag)

Questions

What does cablecast mean?: A telecast via cable television.
Where does cablecast come from?: From cable + -cast, from broadcast.

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