wire

/wɑɪər/ n [C/U] (METAL THREAD)

Definition

› thin metal that can be bent, used in a stiff form in fences and in a form more easily shaped for fastening things or for carrying electric currents: [C] telephone wires [U] There was a six-foot high wire fence around the playground.

(Definition of wire n (METAL THREAD) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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