Definitions for cords

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cords cords

Spelling: [kawrdz]

IPA: /kɔrdz/

Cords is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 66 anagrams from letters in cords (cdors).

Definitions for cords

noun

1. (used with a plural verb) clothing, especially trousers, of corded fabric; corduroys.
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 cords

First recorded in 1770-80; plural of cord

Examples for cords

There was no second string for each person, the guy who put on the lights, or the one that laid out the cords.

He felt the cords about his wrists giving somewhat and he redoubled his efforts.

The cords hurt his hands somewhat, and his legs were cramped.

They were tied to each other with cords, even when they were sleeping.

Others were strangled by the cords of electronic appliances.

Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

If you sever a number of these cords, you alter the entire drape of the curtain.

Cut these cords just as quickly as you can, and take us to the general.

After the captain left him, he struggled hard to unloose the cords which bound him.

Suspend this affair inside your tent by means of cords or tapes.