BOOSTER CABLE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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 ("booster 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 "booster cable"):

clip lead (a short piece of wire with alligator clips on both ends)