cord

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber (a rope, for example).
2. Any quantity of such material when viewed as a mass or commodity.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord.
6. Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve.
7. Dated form of chord: musical sense.
8. Misspelling of chord: a cross-section measurement of an aircraft wing.

Verb

1. To furnish with cords
2. To tie or fasten with cords
3. To flatten a book during binding
4. To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.

Sinonieme

rope

🪢

string

🪢

thread

🧵

line

twine

cable

straw rope

lace

corduroy

chord

wire

tendon

band

tether

whip

tie

strand

strap

fibre

ribbon

🎀

braid

lanyard

electric cord

stria

chain

tape

thong

halter

hawser

tissue

knot

🪢

vein

rootlet

yarn

🧶

thin rope

shoelace

cording

sinew

catgut

fiber

ligament

filament

striae

spinal cord

stack

stack up

stick

streak

striation

stripe

tieback

tier

tie up

tube

umbilical cord

vine

web

wick

clothes-line

zigzag line

laniard

striature

strand of wool

fthm

lash together

wire ropes

small tube

wide wale

chorda

jack cord

heavy cord

music line

rivelling

attachment

cord, string

belt

bind

bond

bowstring

bridle

cane

clothesline

code

cordage

cordon

curve

distort

electric cable

fascia

fasten

fathom

fetter

flag

flex

fringe

heap up

hemp

lap

lash

lashing

layer

length

marking

nerve

noose

painter

🧑‍🎨

paper

pile

piping

rags

rectify

restrain

ropes

scourge

sheet

shoestring

spanking

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/kɔɹd/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle English corde, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“bowel”)). More at yarn and hernia.