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cord

  [kawrd]
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–noun
1. a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
2. Electricity. a small, flexible, insulated cable.
3. a ribbed fabric, esp. corduroy.
4. a cordlike rib on the surface of cloth.
5. any influence that binds or restrains: cord of marriage.
6. Anatomy. a cordlike structure: the spinal cord; umbilical cord.
7. a unit of volume used chiefly for fuel wood, now generally equal to 128 cu. ft. (3.6 cu. m), usually specified as 8 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, and 4 ft. high (2.4 m × 1.2 m × 1.2 m). Abbreviation: cd, cd.
8. a hangman's rope.
–verb (used with object)
9. to bind or fasten with a cord or cords.
10. to pile or stack up (wood) in cords.
11. to furnish with a cord.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME coord(e) < AF, OF corde < L chorda < Gk chord gut; confused in part of its history with chord 1

Related forms:
corder, noun
cordlike, adjective
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cord   (kôrd)   
n.  

  1. A slender length of flexible material usually made of twisted strands or fibers and used to bind, tie, connect, or support.

  2. An insulated flexible electric wire fitted with a plug or plugs.

  3. A hangman's rope.

  4. An influence, feeling, or force that binds or restrains; a bond or tie.

  5. also chord also (kōrd) Anatomy A long ropelike structure, such as a nerve or tendon: a spinal cord.

    1. A raised rib on the surface of cloth.

    2. A fabric or cloth with such ribs.

  7. cords Trousers made of corduroy.

  8. 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).

tr.v.   cord·ed, cord·ing, cords

  1. To fasten or bind with a cord: corded the stack of old newspapers and placed them in the recycling bin.

  2. To furnish with a cord.

  3. To pile (wood) in cords.


[Middle English, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Greek khordē; see gherə- in Indo-European roots.]
cord'er n.
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Main Entry: cord
Pronunciation: 'ko(&)rd
Function: noun
1 : a long slender flexible material usually consisting of several strands (as of threador yarn) woven or twisted together
2 : a slender flexible anatomical structure (as a nerve) —see SPERMATICCORD, SPINAL CORD, UMBILICAL CORD,VOCAL CORD 1
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cord or chord (kôrd)
n.
A long ropelike bodily structure, such as a nerve or tendon.

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