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See also:Cordandcòrd

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishcorde, fromOld Frenchcorde, fromLatinchorda, fromAncient Greekχορδή(khordḗ,“string of gut, the string of a lyre”), fromProto-Indo-European*ǵʰerH-(“bowels, intestines”)).Doublet ofchord andcuerda. More atyarn andhernia.

Pronunciation

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(General American)IPA^(key): /kɔɹd/
(Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key): /kɔːd/
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Rhymes:-ɔː(ɹ)d
Homophones:chord;cored(horse–hoarse merger);cawed(non-rhotic)

Noun

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cord (countable anduncountable,pluralcords)

(countable) A long, thin, flexible length of twistedyarns (strands) offibre (arope, for example).
The burglar tied up the victim with acord.
(uncountable) Any quantity of such material when viewed as a mass or commodity.
Synonym:cordage
He looped somecord 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 alamp,sweeper ((US)vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.
A unit of measurement forfirewood, 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.
- 1851 November 14,Herman Melville, “The Battering-ram”, inMoby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.:Harper & Brothers; London:Richard Bentley,→OCLC,page376:
  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 thecord; and all obedient to one volition, as the smallest insect.
- 1881, P. Chr. Asbjörnsen [i.e.,Peter Christen Asbjørnsen], “Mackerel Trolling”, in H. L. Brækstad, transl.,Round the Yule Log. Norwegian Folk and Fairy Tales, London:Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington,→OCLC,page187:
  'If they buy threecords of birch logs,' said the witch, 'but they must be exact measure—and no bargaining about the price, and if they throw overboard the onecord of logs, piece by piece, when the first sea comes, and the othercord, piece by piece, when the second sea comes, and the thirdcord, piece by piece, when the third sea comes, then it's all over with us.'
(figuratively) Anyinfluence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord.
- 1842,Alfred Tennyson, “To—”, inPoems. […], volume I, London:Edward Moxon, […],→OCLC,page15:
  Clear-headed friend, whose joyful scorn, / Edged with sharp laughter, cuts atwain / The knots that tangle human creeds, / The woundingcords that bind and strain / The heart until it bleeds,[…]
- 1900,Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter I, inThe House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.:Houghton, Mifflin and Company […],→OCLC:
  Every detail of the house and garden was familiar; a thousandcords of memory and affection drew him thither; but a stronger counter-motive prevailed.
(anatomy) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially atendon ornerve.
spermatic cord;spinal cord;umbilical cord;vocal cords
- 2015 August 4, Diana Fiorentiniet al., “Polyphenols as Modulators of Aquaporin Family in Health and Disease”, inOxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity‎^[1], volume2015,→DOI:
  Since spinalcord injury is associated with edema and changes in AQP4 expression, Ge and coworkers investigated the potential antiedema effect of epigallocatechin gallate and its underlying mechanism on a rat model of acute spinalcord injury.
(music)Dated form ofchord.
Misspelling ofchord, a cross-section measurement of anaircraft wing.