The Meaning of cord

(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

Homophones

chord

Rhymes

abhorred , aboard , aboveboard , accord , acord , adored , afford , alvord , award , baseboard , billboard , blackboard , board , bored , broadsword , cardboard , checkerboard , chessboard , chipboard , chord , clapboard , clavichord , clipboard , concord , concorde , containerboard , dartboard , dashboard , debord , deborde , deplored , dubord , explored , fiberboard , fibreboard , fingerboard , fjord , floorboard , floored , foard , ford , forde , gaylord , gourd , hardboard , harpsichord , headboard , hoard , hord , horde , ignored , inboard , jorde , keyboard , landlord , lord , mainord , mccord , montford , mopboard , mord , mountford , njord , nord , nored , notochord , oared , ord , outboard , outscored , overboard , overlord , paperboard , pegboard , plasterboard , plourde , pored , poured , prerecord , pressboard , reboard , record , revord , reward , roared , scoreboard , scored , seaboard , shavord , shipboard , shored , skateboard , smorgasbord , snowboard , springboard , stored , storyboard , surfboard , sward , switchboard , sword , toward , underscored , unexplored , untoward , verwoerd , wallboard , ward , warde , warlord , warred , washboard , woodward

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