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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cord /kɔrd/USA pronunciation n. - Textilesa string made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together: [countable]The cords were wrapped tightly around the trunk.[uncountable]He found some cord and tied up the packages.
- Electricitya small, flexible, electrical cable covered with rubber for protection: [countable]I kept getting tangled up in the electric cord while vacuuming.[uncountable]How many yards of cord will we need?
- Clothingcords, [plural] clothing, as trousers, made of fabric with cordlike strips, esp. corduroy.
- Anatomy a cordlike structure of the body:[countable]the spinal cord.
- Weights and Measures[countable] a unit of volume used chiefly for fuel wood, measuring 8 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, and 4 ft. high (2.4 m × 1.2 m × 1.2 m).
-cord-, root. - -cord- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "heart.'' This meaning is found in such words as: accord, concord, concordance, cordial, discord.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cord (kôrd),USA pronunciation n. - Textilesa string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- Electricitya small, flexible, insulated cable.
- Textilesa ribbed fabric, esp. corduroy.
- Textilesa cordlike rib on the surface of cloth.
- any influence that binds or restrains:cord of marriage.
- Anatomya cordlike structure:the spinal cord; umbilical cord.
- Weights and Measuresa unit of volume used chiefly for fuel wood, now generally equal to 128 cu. ft. (3.6 cu. m), usually specified as 8 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, and 4 ft. high (2.4 m × 1.2 m × 1.2 m). Abbr.: cd, cd.
- a hangman's rope.
v.t. - to bind or fasten with a cord or cords.
- to pile or stack up (wood) in cords.
- to furnish with a cord.
- Greek chordé̄ gut; confused in part of its history with chord1
- Latin chorda
- Anglo-French, Old French corde
- Middle English coord(e) 1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cord /kɔːd/ n - 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
- US Canadian a flexible insulated electric cable, used esp to connect appliances to mains
Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): flex - any part resembling a string or rope: the spinal cord
- a unit of volume for measuring cut wood, equal to 128 cubic feet
vb (transitive)- to bind or furnish with a cord or cords
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French corde, from Latin chorda cord, from Greek khordē; see chord1ˈcordˌlike adj |