cordon
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a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
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a lightweight cord
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a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed
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a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tiedtype of:cordea line made of twisted fibers or threads
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a line made of twisted fibers or threadssynonyms: cordetypes:lignea length of cord to which the leader and float and sinker and hook are attachedlaceta cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)fil à plomb, plomba 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 pointficellea lightweight cordcordea tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowedfila fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weavingcotonthread made of cotton fibersfil dentairea soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teethbourre de soiea soft loosely twisted thread used in embroideryplomb de sonde(nautical) plumb line for determining depthligaturethread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood)fil d'orgold or silver wire threadlaceta lace used for fastening shoeslisseyarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the wooffil de tramethe yarn woven across the warp yarn in weavingtype of:lignesomething (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible
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