EGAVE

cord

About 15.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fibre (a rope, for example).
    The burglar tied up the victim with a cord.
  2. noun Any quantity of such material when viewed as a mass or commodity.
    He looped some cord around his fingers.
  3. noun A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper ( vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.
  4. noun A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 × 4 × 8 feet), composed of logs and/or split logs four feet long and none over eight inches diameter. It is usually seen as a stack four feet high by eight feet long. A quantity of firewood or cut logs.
  5. noun A quantity of firewood or cut logs.
  6. noun Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord.
  7. noun Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve.
    spermatic cord; spinal cord; umbilical cord; vocal cords
  8. noun Dated form of chord.

Similar words

corduroy electric cord rope string thread yarn strap ribbon belt peg

Often followed by

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Word family

corded corder corders cording cords

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