Collocations for cable - noun

electric, telephone
overhead, underground
fibre-optic/fiber-optic
steel
analogue/analog, digital

length
a length of electric cable

lay, run
Roads have to be dug up to lay underground cables.
Engineers plan to run the telephone cables under the river.

attach, connect, plug, plug in
Connect the cable to the correct terminal.
I plugged the cable into the amplifier.

disconnect, unplug

go, run
a cable running under the road

connect sth
new cables connecting major cities in Europe

carry sth
These cables can carry computer data.

get, have
install
We just had cable installed.

television, TV
channel, network
company, operator, provider
subscriber
subscription
bill
connection
box
modem