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[ kawrdz ] / kɔrdz /
noun(used with a plural verb) clothing, especially trousers, of corded fabric; corduroys. Origin of cordsFirst recorded in 1770–80; plural of cord Words nearby cordscordopexy, cordotomy, Cordova, Cordovan, Cordran, cords, corduroy, corduroy road, corduroys, cordwain, cordwainer Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cordsOthers were strangled by the cords of electronic appliances. Men Who Hate Women|Barbie Latza Nadeau|February 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST They were tied to each other with cords, even when they were sleeping. A Shocking Letter From the Congo|Tina Brown, Annie Rashidi-Mulumba|April 14, 2010|DAILY BEAST There was no second string for each person, the guy who put on the lights, or the one that laid out the cords. Elvis's Doctor Speaks|Gerald Posner|August 14, 2009|DAILY BEAST He had before placed a pick and shovel, an axe, a couple of boards and some cords in the boat. Work and Win|Oliver Optic
With cords and ropes, I hold all fit To sail forth at the next weete27 This ship is at an end. Everyman and Other Old Religious Plays, with an Introduction|Anonymous This done, he caused circular seats to be erected round it, and cords suspended from it in all directions. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions|Charles Mackay The Indian looked one instant upon the cords which confined his arms, and then glanced fiercely upon his conductors. The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII)|John Greenleaf Whittier He jerked out a jack knife and cut the cords on their wrists, which were swollen and bleeding. With Sully into the Sioux Land|Joseph Mills Hanson
British Dictionary definitions for cords
pl ntrousers, esp jeans, made of corduroy Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to cordstwine, fiber, string, tendon, connection, link, tie, line, bond, cordage |