cord

The definition of a cord is string or rope that ties or a measurement of cut firewood.

(noun)

An example of a cord is what attaches a plug to a lamp.
An example of a cord is wood stacked in a pile that is 8 feet long, 4 feet wide and 4 feet wide.

Cordis defined as to attach or secure with a tie, especially a string, rope or wire.

(verb)

An example of to cord is to connect a wire to a laptop.

See cord in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a thick string or thin rope
any force acting as a tie or bond
Origin: 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
Anat. any part resembling a cord: the spinal cord, vocal cords, umbilical cord
Elec. a slender, flexible, insulated electrical cable, as one fitted at one end with an electrical plug to connect a lamp to an outlet

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

transitive verb

See cord in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A slender length of flexible material usually made of twisted strands or fibers and used to bind, tie, connect, or support.
An insulated flexible electric wire fitted with a plug or plugs.
A hangman's rope.
An influence, feeling, or force that binds or restrains; a bond or tie.
also chord also (kōrd) Anatomy A long ropelike structure, such as a nerve or tendon: a spinal cord.
a. A raised rib on the surface of cloth.
b. A fabric or cloth with such ribs.
cords Trousers made of corduroy.
Abbr. cd. A unit of quantity for cut fuel wood, equal to a stack measuring 4 × 4 × 8 feet or 128 cubic feet (3.62 cubic meters).

transitive verb cord·ed, cord·ing, cords

To fasten or bind with a cord: corded the stack of old newspapers and placed them in the recycling bin.
To furnish with a cord.
To pile (wood) in cords.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French corde

Origin: , from Latin chorda

Origin: , from Greek khordē; see gherə- in Indo-European roots

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