cord
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Noun (4)cords
- a line made of twisted fibers or threads“the bundle was tied with a cord”Type of lineKinds string, thread, bowstring, clothesline, plumb line, lanyard, wick, slack, apron string, fishing line +13 more
- a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feetType of volume unit, capacity unit
- a light insulated conductor for household useSynonyms: electric cordType of conductorKinds extension cord, power cord
- a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cottonSynonyms: corduroyType of fabric, clothKinds Bedford cord, narrow wale, wide wale
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Translations
Noun length of twisted strands
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: F. corde, L. chorda catgut, chord, cord, fr. Gr. χορδή; cf. χολάδες intestines, L. haruspex soothsayer (inspector of entrails), Icel. görn, pl. garnir gut, and E. yarn. Cf. Chord, Yarn.
1. A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.
2. A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad; — originally measured with a cord or line.
3. Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity.
The knots that tangle human creeds, The wounding cords that bind and strain The heart until it bleeds.— Alfred Tennyson
4. Anatomy Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.
5. Music See Chord. obsolete
Cord wood, wood for fuel cut to the length of four feet (when of full measure).
1. To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment.
2. To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54