cord

[ kawrd ]

/ kɔrd /

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noun

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.

verb (used with object)

to bind or fasten with a cord or cords.

to pile or stack up (wood) in cords.

to furnish with a cord.

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Origin of cord

1250–1300; Middle English coord(e) <Anglo-French, Old French corde<Latin chorda<Greek chordḗ gut; confused in part of its history with chord¹

OTHER WORDS FROM cord

corder, nouncordlike, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH cord

chord, cord , cored

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How to use cord in a sentence

For the most part, the invaders are kept out by three membrane layers, called the meninges, which wrap around the brain and spinal cord and act as a physical barrier.
Protecting the brain from infection may start with a gut reaction|Aayushi Pratap|November 11, 2020|Science News
I felt the technology wasn’t advanced enough to be applied in spine surgery—the nerve roots, the spinal cord right there.
Robotic surgery gives doctors new savvy|Jason Sparapani|November 9, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Just 16 games into the reunion, the Aggies cut the cord and fired Anderson on Saturday after three blowout losses to start the season.
College football winners and losers for Week 10: Florida is fun again and Georgia is done|Patrick Stevens|November 8, 2020|Washington Post
After another 25 million households likely cut the cord over the next five years, the number of households with pay-TV subscriptions will probably settle around 50 million, the media companies believe.
‘CTV took from everybody’: How connected TV won this year’s upfront|Tim Peterson|October 28, 2020|Digiday

Then we’d filled the rest of our time with AC adapters, RF cords and cartridges.
Fiction: Quiet earth philosophy|Katie McLean|October 21, 2020|MIT Technology Review
The named plaintiffs in the Texas class-action case are Sgt. Richard Corder, an Army infantry squad leader, and his wife, Dharma.
Two Companies Accused of Fleecing U.S. Troops|R.M. Schneiderman|March 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Eventually Corder said he acquiesced, and the operator connected him.
Two Companies Accused of Fleecing U.S. Troops|R.M. Schneiderman|March 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Those, like Corder, who claim to have spoken to an operator, said they have been met with evasion.
Two Companies Accused of Fleecing U.S. Troops|R.M. Schneiderman|March 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
(There is no mention of Corder speaking to an operator in the lawsuit).
Two Companies Accused of Fleecing U.S. Troops|R.M. Schneiderman|March 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Then I straggled back to camp with Professor Corder, who confessed himself just under the age-limit of forty-five.
At Plattsburg|Allen French
He did not approach the subject again till he and Knudsen and I and Corder were together in the tent.
At Plattsburg|Allen French
For a mixed crowd, of ages from grizzled Corder down to the very new graduate, what could be better?
At Plattsburg|Allen French
I found myself drowsy, men were nodding all about me, and 67 Corder declared that he had 247 distinct and separate naps.
At Plattsburg|Allen French
Speaking of corporals, Corder has brought out new facts regarding Knudsen.
At Plattsburg|Allen French

British Dictionary definitions for cord

cord

/ (kɔːd) /

noun

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 mainsAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): flex

anatomy any part resembling a string or ropethe spinal cord

a unit of volume for measuring cut wood, equal to 128 cubic feet

verb (tr)

to bind or furnish with a cord or cords

to stack (wood) in cords

Derived forms of cord

corder, nouncordlike, adjective

Word Origin for cord

C13: from Old French corde, from Latin chorda cord, from Greek khordē; see chord 1

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