cord

Meanings

Noun

• A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber (rope, for example); such a length of twisted strands considered as a commodity.
• 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 ( 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.
• Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord.
• Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve.
• : musical sense.
• Misspelling of chord: a cross-section measurement of an aircraft wing.

Verb

• 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.

Related

Similar words

• cable, twine
• cable, flex

Origin

• From Middle English corde, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Doric Ancient Greek χορδά (compare Ionic χορδή, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer-). More at yarn and hernia.