Definitions for coir

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Spelling: [koir]
IPA: /kɔɪr/

Coir is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 29 anagrams from letters in coir (cior).

Definitions for coir

noun

  1. the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.

Origin of coir

1575-85; Malayalam kayaru cord; replacing cairo Portuguese Tamil kayiṟu rope

Examples for coir

A part of this is obtained from tropical America, but it is a regular export of British India, where it is known as coir.

coir, koir, n. the strong fibre of the husk of the coco-nut, used for making door-mats.

Where else do we find a priestly fugitive slave, who held his sacred office by the coir na glaive, the Eight of Sword?

They had put a coir warp ashore, and gave the barque a cant in the current, so as to bring the broadside to bear on the flagstaff.

There are several cots, some made of coir (cocoanut fibre), and others of wooden planks.

The coir or yarn manufactured from the husks of cocoanuts was prepared by those employed at "hard labour" in the refractory ward.

Sun-drying is done on cement or brick floors, on coir mats or trays, or on wooden platforms.

He holds aloft the coir string, under the lower end of which a cocoanut has been placed on the ground.

If a small line could be got across from ship to ship, the end of it would be made fast to a coir hawser in the Monsoon.

Manilla, coir, and some other ropes, do not require tarring.

Word Value for coir
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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