Cord
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cord (countable except where indicated; plural cords)
- The string of a musical instrument.
- A musical tone; an audible musical note composed of one or more sounds.
- A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fibre/fiber (rope, for example); (uncountable) such a length of twisted strands considered as a commodity.
- The burglar tied up the victim with a cord.
- 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 vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.
- A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 x 4 x 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.
- (in plural cords) See cords.
- A cross-section measurement of an aircraft wing.
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Synonyms
- (length of twisted strands): cable, rope, string, twine
- (wires surrounded by an insulating coating, used to supply electricity): cable, flex
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