cord
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
Electricity. a small, flexible, insulated cable.
a ribbed fabric, especially corduroy.
a cordlike rib on the surface of cloth.
any influence that binds or restrains: cord of marriage.
Anatomy. a cordlike structure: the spinal cord;umbilical cord.
a unit of volume used chiefly for fuel wood, now generally equal to 128 cu. ft. (3.6 cu. m), usually specified as 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high (2.4 m × 1.2 m × 1.2 meters). Abbreviation: cd, cd.
a hangman's rope.
to bind or fasten with a cord or cords.
to pile or stack up (wood) in cords.
to furnish with a cord.
Origin of cord
1Other words from cord
- corder, noun
- cordlike, adjective
Words that may be confused with cord
- chord, cord , cored
Words Nearby cord
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How to use cord in a sentence
The firm claims that the prototype's supposedly functional dashboard display was powered by an extension cord snaking up from under the stage.
Nikola stock craters after chairman fails to rebut fraud allegations | Timothy B. Lee | September 11, 2020 | Ars TechnicaDrivers will have to find places to charge their vehicles, which is trickier than fueling up at a gas station, especially if you don’t live in a place where you can just run an extension cord from your house out to your car.
Uber Wants to Go All-Electric by 2030. It Won’t Be Easy | Vanessa Bates Ramirez | September 10, 2020 | Singularity HubYet retinoic acid signaling was thought to be essential for making a brain, nerve cord and other vital features.
By Losing Genes, Life Often Evolved More Complexity | Viviane Callier | September 1, 2020 | Quanta MagazineMusk said he wants to eventually conduct a clinical trial on people who suffer from tetraplegia, a type of paralysis caused by spinal cord injuries.
Elon Musk shows off Neuralink brain implant technology in a living pig | jonathanvanian2015 | August 29, 2020 | FortuneAn attached USB cord and charging cable will allow you to charge your phone on the go, but again, you’ll need to buy the battery pack separately.
The popular snack has also struck a cord with Paleo dieters, according to Lewis.
They hold signs depicting a fetus with a hanging umbilical cord.
He carried an extension cord in case he needed to recharge at one of his emergency spots.
How Brooklyn’s First Ice Cream Girl Fought City Hall–and Won | Michael Daly | October 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe tried, says Schreiber, “to cut the umbilical cord to her parents mainly by way of entrance into high culture.”
Some doctors speculate they are generated in the spinal cord.
Real Life Lazarus: When Patients Rise From the Dead | Sandeep Jauhar | August 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTStrange to say, the silken cord yielded to the first pull, as if nothing had been wrong with it at all!
The Giant of the North | R.M. Ballantyne"You spoke of disgrace," she observed gently, swaying her fan before her by its silken cord.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry WoodHe turned his cool regard upon Chief Inspector Kerry, twirling the cord of his monocle about one finger.
Dope | Sax RohmerStop and try a ride, Billy, urged Lance Darby, holding the cord of the tugging kite.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonTaking the scissors from Violet's workbag, she cut the laundry bag carefully into two pieces, saving the cord for a clothesline.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler Warner
British Dictionary definitions for cord
/ (kɔːd) /
string or thin rope made of several twisted strands
a length of woven or twisted strands of silk, etc, sewn on clothing or used as a belt
a ribbed fabric, esp corduroy
any influence that binds or restrains
US and Canadian a flexible insulated electric cable, used esp to connect appliances to mains: Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): flex
anatomy any part resembling a string or rope: the spinal cord
a unit of volume for measuring cut wood, equal to 128 cubic feet
to bind or furnish with a cord or cords
to stack (wood) in cords
Origin of cord
1Derived forms of cord
- corder, noun
- cordlike, adjective
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