Cord - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |kɔːrd|  American pronunciation of the word cord
Brit.  |kɔːd|  British pronunciation of the word cord

noun

- a line made of twisted fibers or threads
the bundle was tied with a cord
- a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet
- a light insulated conductor for household use
- a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton (syn: corduroy)

verb

- stack in cords
cord firewood
- bind or tie with a cord

Extra examples

The robe was held at the waist by a cord.

He pulled explosives and some tangled cord from his bag.

The phone cord doesn't reach.

The electrical cord is damaged.

She wore the key on a cord around her neck.

A mouse chewed through the cord.

...years of use have frazzled the cord for the window blinds to the breaking point...

...he wore a small phylactery on a cord around his neck...

She tugged the cord until the plug came out of the wall socket.

The cord is contorted into a spiral.

During the descent Tuckett and I were in the same cord with them.

Jane cut the cord with a knife.

...he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood...

Can you disentangle the cord?

The child entangled the cord

Word forms

noun
singular: cord
plural: cords
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