cord
A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fibre (a rope, for example).
Noun 4 meanings
A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fibre (a rope, for example).
“The burglar tied up the victim with a cord.”
Any quantity of such material when viewed as a mass or commodity.
“He looped some cord around his fingers.”
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.
Verb 4 meanings
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.
Etymology
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”).
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CORD at a glance
CORD has 4 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + R 1 + D 2) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,214 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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