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Definition cord

Etymology

From Middle English corde, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Doric Ancient Greek ????? (khordá, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”) (compare Ionic ????? (khord?)). More at yarn and hernia.

Noun

cord (countable and uncountable, plural cords)

  1. A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber (rope, for example); (uncountable) such a length of twisted strands considered as a commodity.
  2. A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper ((US) vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.
  3. A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 × 4 × 8 feet), composed of logs and/or split logs four feet long and none over eight inches diameter. It is usually seen as a stack four feet high by eight feet long.
  4. (figuratively) Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord.
  5. (anatomy) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve.
  6. Dated form of chord: musical sense.
  7. Misspelling of chord: a cross-section measurement of an aircraft wing.

Verb

cord (third-person singular simple present cords, present participle cording, simple past and past participle corded)

  1. To furnish with cords
  2. To tie or fasten with cords
  3. To flatten a book during binding
  4. To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.


Results 187 Words with the letters CORD

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7 letter words with the letters CORD 
6 letter words with the letters CORD 
ACCORD 13
CANDOR 11
CARDIO 10
CHADOR 12
CHORDS 12
CHORED 12
CODDER 11
CODERS 10
CODGER 12
COLDER 11
CONDOR 11
CORDED 11
CORDER 10
CORDON 11
CORKED 14
CORNED 11
CORODY 12
COWARD 13
CREDOS 10
CROWDS 13
CROWDY 15
CROWED 13
DECORS 10
DOCKER 14
DOCTOR 10
DUROCS 11
FORCED 13
NORDIC 11
OCHRED 12
ORCHID 12
RECODE 10
RECORD 10
REDOCK 14
RHODIC 12
ROCKED 14
SCHROD 12
SCORED 10
SCRODS 10
5 letter words with the letters CORD 
CHORD 11
CROWD 12
DUROC 10
4 letter words with the letters CORD 
CORD 8
3 letter words with the letters CORD 
COD 7
COR 6
DOC 7
DOR 4
ORC 6
ROC 6
ROD 4
2 letter words with the letters CORD 
DO 3
OD 3
OR 2

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