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JUMPER CABLE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
Example:
it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads
Synonyms:
booster cable; jumper cable; jumper lead; lead
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("jumper cable" is a kind of...):
jumper (a small connector used to make temporary electrical connections)
conducting wire; wire (a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jumper cable"):
clip lead (a short piece of wire with alligator clips on both ends)