Definitions for cording

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cording cord·ing

Spelling: [kawr-ding]

IPA: /ˈkɔr dɪŋ/

Cording is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 171 anagrams from letters in cording (cdginor).

Definitions for cording

noun

1. cord covered with yarns or fabric, used decoratively.
2. a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
3. Electricity. a small, flexible, insulated cable.
4. a ribbed fabric, especially corduroy.
5. a cordlike rib on the surface of cloth.
6. any influence that binds or restrains:
7. Anatomy. a cordlike structure:
8. a unit of volume used chiefly for fuel wood, now generally equal to 128 cu. ft. (3.6 cu. m), usually specified as 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high (2.4 m × 1.2 m × 1.2 meters). Abbreviation: cd, cd.
9. a hangman's rope.

verb (used with object)

1. to bind or fasten with a cord or cords.
2. to pile or stack up (wood) in cords.
3. to furnish with a cord.

Origin of cording

First recorded in 1565-75; cord + -ing¹

Examples for cording

Jeanne stood by with a defiant air, superintending the cording of the last one.

Her box had been brought down to the hall, and the porter, who wished to be friendly, was cording it.

You can make it anything—according to what you do, 'cording to the corn it's alongside.

They were not satisfied with sacking, quilting and cording them.

In cording the neck, do not stretch it; hold the cord tight.

cording to Mike, we're all goin' to be rich before we know it.

I then put in the balance of the evening cording it up—that is what I had cut.

And already it's paid us for the long trip, 'cording to my calculations.

With his sword Kibei tore and severed the cording of the net.

That's always the result of a glass of ale, 'cording to the tracts.'