About The Word Cord
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Cord
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What's The Definition Of Cord?
[n] a line made of twisted fibers or threads; "the bundle was tied with a cord"
[n] a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton [n] a light insulated conductor for household use [n] a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet [v] bind or tie with a cord [v] stack in cords, of wood Synonyms | Synonyms for Cord: corduroy | electric cord Related Terms | Find terms related to Cord: beam | billet | board | boarding | braid | brail | cable | clapboard | cordwood | deal | driftwood | firewood | hardwood | lath | lathing | lathwork | ligament | ligation | ligature | line | log | lumber | panelboard | paneling | panelwork | plank | planking | plyboard | plywood | pole | post | puncheon | rope | shake | sheathing | sheathing board | sheeting | shingle | sideboard | siding | slab | slat | softwood | splat | spun yarn | stave | stick | stick of wood | stovewood | string | tendon | thong | three-by-four | timber | timbering | timberwork | twine | twist | two-by-four | weatherboard | wire | wood | yarn See Also | apron string | apron strings | Bedford cord | bind | bowstring | capacity measure | capacity unit | catgut | chenille | cloth | clothesline | conductor | cubage unit | cubature unit | cubic content unit | cubic measure | displacement unit | extension cord | fabric | fishing line | gut | heap | lace | lacing | laniard | lanyard | line | log line | material | narrow wale | perpendicular | pile | piping | plumb line | power cord | ripcord | rope | sash cord | sash line | slack | stack | static line | string | taper | textile | thread | tie | tie | twine | volume unit | whipcord | wick | wide wale | yarn Cord In Webster's Dictionary \Cord\ (k[^o]rd), n. [F. corde, L. chorda catgut, chord,
cord, fr. Gr. chordh`; cf. chola`des intestines, L. haruspex
soothsayer (inspector of entrails), Icel. g["o]rn, 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. --Tennyson.
4. (Anat.) Any structure having the appearance of a cord,
esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under {Spermatic}, {Spinal},
{Umbilical}, {Vocal}.
5. (Mus.) See {Chord}. [Obs.]
{Cord wood}, wood for fuel cut to the length of four feet
(when of full measure).
\Cord\ (k?rd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cording}.] 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. |
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