cableway

noun

ca·​ble·​way ˈkā-bəl-ˌwā How to pronounce cableway (audio)
: a suspended cable used as a track along which carriers can be pulled

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Hoover Dam, the dam on the Colorado River nestled on the border of Southern Nevada and Arizona, reopened for visitation on Friday, July 31, following a successful repair of the dam's cableway system. — Carly Sauvageau, USA Today, 31 July 2026 Continue up the cableway to the Schilthorn summit. — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2025 De Luca said the car that fell had two couples and one worker from the cableway aboard. — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025 Flexible cableways allow the structure to adapt to fluctuating water levels and high winds. — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cableway

Word History

First Known Use

1891, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cableway was in 1891

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“Cableway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cableway. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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