cord
Other forms: cords; corded; cording
A cord is a thin rope made of strands of twisted material. You might tie a package with a cord or wear a black cord hung with a silver charm around your neck.
Clothing can be decorated with pieces of cord or feature a cord tied like a belt around the waist. Another kind of cord is the electrical kind, which is usually made of plastic. Firewood is measured in units that are also called cords, each one about 128 cubic feet. This type of cord got its name in the 17th century from the way the wood was measured: by tying a length of cord around it.
Definitions of cord
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a line made of twisted fibers or threads“the bundle was tied with a cord”types:agala cord (usually of goat's hair) that Arabs (especially Bedouins) wind around their heads to hold down the kaffiyehapron string(usually used in the plural) a cord used to tie an apron at the waistbowstringthe string of an archer's bowclewsthe cords used to suspend a hammockclotheslinea cord on which clothes are hung to dryfishing linea length of cord to which the leader and float and sinker and hook are attachedlace, lacinga cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)log linea knotted cord that runs out from a reel to a piece of wood that is attached to itpipinga thin strip of covered cord used to edge hemsperpendicular, plumb linea cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity; used to determine the vertical from a given pointripcorda cord that is pulled to open a parachute from its pack during a descentripcorda cord that is pulled to open the gasbag of a balloon wide enough to release gas and so causes the balloon to descendslacka cord or rope or cable that is hanging looselystatic linea cord used instead of a ripcord to open a parachute; the cord is attached at one end to the aircraft and temporarily attached to the pack of a parachute at the other; it opens the parachute after the jumper is clear of the planestringa tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowedthread, yarna fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weavingtiea cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tiedwhipcordclosely twisted hard cord used for the lashes of whipstaper, wicka loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flamewickany piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary actionbootlacea long lace for fastening bootscandlewickthe wick of a candlechalk line, snap line, snaplinea chalked string used in the building trades to make a straight line on a vertical surfacecottonthread made of cotton fibersdrawing string, drawstring, stringa tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an openingflossa soft loosely twisted thread used in embroideryLastexyarn that has an elastic core wound around with cotton or silk or nylon or rayon threadsligaturethread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood)metallica yarn made partly or entirely of metalnight-linea fishing line with baited hooks left in the water to catch fish over nightpackthreada strong three-ply twine used to sew or tie packagesplumb rulea plumb line attached to a narrow boardpurlgold or silver wire threadsnarestrings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hitsuturethread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues togethertinsela thread with glittering metal foil attachedsetline, spiller, trawl, trawl line, trotlinea long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)warpyarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the wooftype of:linesomething (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible
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bind or tie with a cord
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a light insulated conductor for household usesynonyms: electric cordtypes:extension cordan electric cord used to extend the length of a power cordpower corda cord to conduct power to an electrical appliancetype of:conductora device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.
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a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feettype of:capacity measure, capacity unit, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, cubic measure, displacement unit, volume unita unit of measurement of volume or capacity
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stack in cords
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a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cottonsynonyms: corduroytypes:Bedford corda heavy corded fabric similar to corduroy; used for clothingnarrow walecorduroy with narrow ribswide walecorduroy with wide ribs
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chord / cord
Chord and cord sound the same, but a chord is three or more notes played together while a cord is basically a thick string. You strum a chord, but you tie a cord.
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