Word Meaning

cord definition and meaning

n. A Hebrew measure of capacity; a homer.
n. A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.
n. A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad; -- originally measured with a cord or line.
n. Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity.
n. Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.
n. See Chord.
v. t. To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment.
v. t. To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
imp. & p. p. of Core

Crossword clues for cord

- Appliance lead
- Braid
- Cawed loudly on the wire
- Lanyard
- Parachute part
- Ribbed cloth
- String
- Strong string
- Tendon
- Thick string
- Thin rope