noun · A2

Wire

WEYE-uh/ˈwaɪə/

Wire is thin metal for electricity or for tying: a broken wire, copper wire, a wire fence. Cable is often thicker. Cable and lead can mean the whole flex on a kettle. Uncountable when you mean the material. Do not write why’re as a joke spelling, or wear.

Meaning

Thin metal used to carry electricity or to tie things.

Examples

“Do not touch the broken wire.”
“The lamp did not work because of a loose wire.”
“They tied the roses to a wire along the wall.”

Good to know

a broken / copper wire. Thicker cousin: cable. Mix-up: wear (clothes).

Near in meaning

cable

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