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cord (kôrd)

noun

  1. a thick string or thin rope
  2. any force acting as a tie or bond
  3. Etymology: from use of a cord in measuring

    a measure of wood cut for fuel, equal to 128 cubic feet (3.6 m), as arranged in a pile 8 feet (2.4 m) long, 4 feet (1.2 m) high, and 4 feet (1.2 m) wide
    1. a rib on the surface of a fabric
    2. cloth with a ribbed surface; corduroy
    3. corduroy trousers
  4. Anat. any part resembling a cord the spinal cord, vocal cords, umbilical cord
  5. Elec. a slender, flexible, insulated electrical cable, as one fitted at one end with an electrical plug to connect a lamp to an outlet

Etymology: ME & OFr corde < L chorda < Gr chordē, catgut, chord, cord < IE base *gher-, intestine > yarn

transitive verb

  1. to fasten, connect, or provide with a cord or cords
  2. to stack (wood) in cords

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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