cord
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cord/kɔːd/
▶noun
- 1 thin string or rope made from several twisted strands.
■ a length of cord.
- 2 (also chord) an anatomical structure resembling a cord (e.g. the spinal cord).
- 3 an electric flex.
- 4 corduroy.
■ (cords) corduroy trousers.
- 5 a measure of cut wood (usually 128 cu. ft, 3.62 cubic metres).
– derivatives
cording noun,
cord-like adjective.
cording noun,
cord-like adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr. corde, from L. chorda, from Gk khordē ‘gut, string of a musical instrument’.
'cord' also found in these Oxford entries:
accord
- amaurosis
- arachnoid
- bast
- Bedford cord
- bell pull
- bolas
- bolo tie
- bootlace
- bungee
- castanets
- cauda equina
- central nervous system
- chenille
- chord
- chord
- coir
- commissure
- communication cord
- conus
- cordate
- corded
- Cordelier
- cordial
- cordillera
- cordite
- cordon
- corduroy
- creance
- cremaster
- discord
- dura mater
- elastic
- encephalomyelitis
- epidural
- extension
- foramen magnum
- fray
- funiculus
- garrotte
- gasket
- girdle
- grey matter
- heddle
- kusti
- lace
- lanyard
- lash
- lashing
