Dictionary Definition
cord
Noun
1 a line made of twisted fibers or threads; "the
bundle was tied with a cord"
2 a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128
cubic feet
3 a light insulated conductor for household use
[syn: electric
cord]
4 a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually
made of cotton [syn: corduroy]
Verb
1 stack in cords; "cord firewood"
2 bind or tie with a cord
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Homophones
- cawed (in non-rhotic accents), chord, cored
Etymology
From corde < chorda < (Doric) χορδά (khorda), Ionic χορδή (khorde) "string of gut, the string of a lyre"Noun
cord (countable except where indicated; plural cords)- A long, thin, flexible length of twisted strands of fibre/fiber, for example rope; (uncountable) such a length
of twisted strands considered as a commodity.
- The burglar tied up the householder with a cord.
- He looped some cord around his fingers.
- The burglar tied up the householder with a cord.
- A small flexible conductor assembly of insulated wires, "lamp" or "sweeper" cords.
- A unit of measurement used for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 x 4 x 8 feet).
- (in plural cords) See cords.
- A cross-section measurement of an aircraft's wing.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
length of twisted strands
wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply
electricity
- Czech: šňůra
- Dutch: kabel
- Finnish: johto
- German: Kabel
- Japanese: 線、コード, kōdo
- Portuguese: cabo
- Swedish: sladd, ledning, sladdställ, skarvsladd, förlängningssladd (extension cord)
- ttbc CJKV Characters: 纆
- ttbc Spanish: cordón
Romanian
Etymology
corNoun
Extensive Definition
Cord may refer to:
- String or rope
- Cord (sewing), a trimming made of multiple strands of yarn twisted together
- The spinal cord
- Cord Automobile, a former American car marque founded by Errett Lobban Cord
- The cord (unit of volume), used to measure firewood
- In electronics, a cable
- Vibrating string
- A power cord or extension cord
- Mycelial cord, a structure, used by fungi to transfer nutrients over larger distances.
- Umbilical cord, a tube that connects a developing embryo or fetus to its placenta
- Cord (band), a British rock group.
- Cord (film), a 2000 film starring Daryl Hannah and Jennifer Tilly
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
beam,
billet, board, boarding, braid, brail, cable, clapboard, cordwood, deal, driftwood, firewood, hardwood, lath, lathing, lathwork, ligament, ligation, ligature, line, log, lumber, panelboard, paneling, panelwork, plank, planking, plyboard, plywood, pole, post, puncheon, rope, shake, sheathing, sheathing board,
sheeting, shingle, sideboard, siding, slab, slat, softwood, splat, spun yarn, stave, stick, stick of wood, stovewood, string, tendon, thong, three-by-four, timber, timbering, timberwork, twine, twist, two-by-four, weatherboard, wire, wood, yarn