cord

Meanings

Plural: cords

Noun

• a line made of twisted fibers or threads
  • "the bundle was tied with a cord"
• a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet
• a light insulated conductor for household use
• a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton
• A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fibre (a rope, for example).
• Any quantity of such material when viewed as a mass or 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 ((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.
• 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.
• Dated form of chord: musical sense.
• Misspelling of chord, a cross-section measurement of an aircraft wing.

Verb

• stack in cords
  • "cord firewood"
• bind or tie with a cord
• 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.

Synonyms

cable, cordage, corduroy, electric cord, flex, twine