cord

[ kawrd ]

/ kɔrd /

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.

Nearby words

corbusier, corbusier, le, corby, corcovado, corcyra, cord, cord blood, cord cutter, cord foot, cord grass, cord of tympanum

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

Related formscord·er, nouncord·like, adjective

Can be confusedchord cord cored.

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Examples from the Web for corder

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
Corder put down his knife and fork, and looked up in amazement.
The Cock-House at Fellsgarth|Talbot Baines Reed

He did not approach the subject again till he and Knudsen and I and Corder were together in the tent.
At Plattsburg|Allen French
Mr. Corder is credited with being an ardent disciple of Wagner, and his cantata certainly shows the influences of that school.
The Standard Cantatas|George P. Upton
Well, that assistant was a very intelligent man of mine, named Corder—a fellow with a wonderful memory for a face.
The Red Triangle|Arthur Morrison
We thought the same; Clay, as a budding doctor, was envious of Corder for having seen it.
At Plattsburg|Allen French

British Dictionary definitions for corder

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 Formscorder, 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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Word Origin and History for corder

cord

c.1300, from Old French corde "rope, string, twist, cord," from Latin chorda "string of a musical instrument, cat-gut," from Greek khorde "string, catgut, chord, cord," from PIE root *ghere- "intestine" (see yarn). As a measure of wood (eight feet long, four feet high and wide) first recorded 1610s, so called because it was measured with a cord of rope.

Medicine definitions for corder

cord

n.

A long ropelike bodily structure, such as a nerve or tendon.

cord

noun

verb (used with object)

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