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cord
- /ˈkɔːd/ UK
- [ˈkʰɔːd] ~ [ˈkʰo̞ːd] UK
- /ˈkoːd/ Australia, British, New Zealand
- [ˈkʰoːd] Australia, British, New Zealand
- /ˈkoɹd/ US
- [ˈkʰoɹd] US
- /ˈkɔɾd/ Scotland
- [ˈkʰɔɾd] Scotland
- /ˈkɔɹd/
- [ˈkʰɔɹd]
Sounds like chord, cored (horse–hoarse merger), cawed (non-rhotic) · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)d
Where it comes from
From Middle English corde, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- (“bowels, intestines”). Displaced native Old English sīma (“cord, rope”), sāl (“rope, cord, rein”), and sāda (“cord, halter, snare”). Doublet of chord and cuerda. More at yarn and hernia.
noun cords
- A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fibre (a rope, for example). The burglar tied up the victim with a cord.
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Any quantity of such material when viewed as a mass or commodity.
He looped some cord around his fingers.
Similar: cordage
- 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.
- 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. Unerringly impelling this dead, impregnable, uninjurable wall, and this most buoyant thing within; there swims behind it all a mass of tremendous life, only to be adequately estimated as piled wood is—by the cord; and all obedient to one volition, as the smallest insect.
- A quantity of firewood or cut logs.
- Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord. Clear-headed friend, whose joyful scorn, / Edged with sharp laughter, cuts atwain / The knots that tangle human creeds, / The wounding cords that bind and strain / The heart until it bleeds, […]
- Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve. spermatic cord; spinal cord; umbilical cord; vocal cords
- Dated form of chord
- Misspelling of chord, a cross-section measurement of an aircraft wing.
verb cords · cording · corded
- To furnish with cords.
- To tie or fasten with cords.
- To flatten a book during binding.
- To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: corduroy, electric cord, rope, string, thread, yarn, strap, ribbon, belt, peg, cordon, wire, cable, noose, cabling, barrier
Translations
Every language
noun length of twisted strands
| Español | cuerda, cordón, cordel, mecate, libán, laja |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 밧줄 batjul |
| 日本語 | 縄 nawa |
| 中文 | 繩 /绳 shéng, 繩子 /绳子 shéngzi |
| हिन्दी | तार tār |
| Português | corda, barbante |
| Français | corde |
| Deutsch | Schnur, Kordel, Strick |
| Italiano | cordone |
| Ελληνικά | σχοινί schoiní |
| Română | cordon, coardă |
| Русский | верёвка verjóvka, шнур šnur |
| العربية | خَيْط ḵayṭ, حَبْل ḥabl |
Talk about this word "cord." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cord. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cord. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cord "cord." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cord.Cite this
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title = {cord},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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