Definitions of cord [ɔrd]

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Definition of 'cord'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) cord
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.

2.  cord
a small, flexible, insulated electrical cable.

3.  cord
a ribbed fabric, esp. corduroy.

4.  cord
a cordlike rib on the surface of cloth.

5.  cord
cords, clothing, as trousers, of corded fabric, esp. corduroy.

6.  cord
any influence that binds or restrains.

7.  cord
a cordlike structure:
the spinal cord.

8.  cord
a unit of volume used chiefly for fuel wood, now generally equal to 128 cubic feet (3.6 cubic meters), usu. specified as 8 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, and 4 ft. high (2.4 m &xtimes; 1.2 m &xtimes; 1.2 m).

9. (v.t.) cord
to bind or fasten with a cord or cords.

10.  cord
to pile or stack up (wood) in cords.

11.  cord
to furnish with a cord.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME < AF, OF corde < L chorda < Gk chordē gut; confused in part of its history with chord¹)

Definition of 'cord'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) cord
a line made of twisted fibers or threads
"the bundle was tied with a cord"

2. (noun) cord
a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet

3. (noun) cord, electric cord
a light insulated conductor for household use

4. (verb) cord, corduroy
a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton

5. (verb) cord
stack in cords
"cord firewood"

6. (verb) cord
bind or tie with a cord

Definition of 'cord'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) cord
a wire that connects a machine to an electrical supply
the cord that charges my cellphone

2. cord
a thick string
two feet of thick cord

Definition of 'cord'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) cord
a string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together

2. (noun) cord
a solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad; -- originally measured with a cord or line

3. (noun) cord
fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity

4. (noun) cord
any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal

5. (noun) cord
see Chord

6. cord
of Core

7. (verb) cord
to bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment

8. (verb) cord
to arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord

Translation of 'cord'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (a piece of) thin rope or thick string The burglars tied up the nightwatchman with thick cord.
Afrikaans: tou	Arabic: مَرَسَـه، حَـبْـل	Bulgarian: въже
Brazilian: corda	Czech: šňůra	German: die Schnur
Danish: snor; line	Greek: κορδόνι	Spanish: cuerda
Estonian: nöör, köis	Farsi: بند؛ طناب نازک	Finnish: nuora
French: corde	Hebrew: חוּט עָבֶה	Hindi: रस्सी, डोरी
Croatian: konopac	Hungarian: kötél	Indonesian: tali
Icelandic: mjór kaðall; svert snæri	Italian: corda	Japanese: ひも
Korean: 끈	Lithuanian: virvelė, špagatas	Latvian: virve; aukla
Malay: tali pintal	Dutch: koord	Norwegian: snor, snøre, bånd
Polish: sznur	Persian: بند؛ طناب نازک	Pashto: پړى، رسۍ، واښ يا واښكى: پ
Portuguese: corda	Romanian: sfoară; frânghie	Russian: верёвка
Slovak: špagát	Slovenian: vrv	Serbian: kanap
Swedish: rep, snöre, lina	Thai: เชือก; สาย	Turkish: ip, sicim
Taiwanese: 細繩	Ukrainian: вірьовка; шнур	Urdu: ڈورى، طناب
Vietnamese: dây thừng nhỏ	Chinese: 细绳
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