Meaning of cord in English

cord

noun

/kɔːd/ us

/kɔːrd/

cord noun (ROPE/WIRE)

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[ C or U ]

(a length of) rope or string made of twisted threads:

Where's the cord that ties back the curtains?

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[ C or U ]

(UK also flex)

a piece of wire covered in plastic, used to connect electrical equipment to a power supply:

extension cord Use extension cords safely -- don't overload them.

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Electrical switches & connections

cord noun (CLOTH)

[ U ] UK

→ corduroy :

a cord shirt/jacket

See also

jumbo cord
elephant corduroy
needlecord

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cords [ plural ]

trousers made of corduroy material:

He was wearing a jeans jacket and cords.

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Textiles made from natural fibres

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cord noun (IN THE BODY)

[ C ]

a long structure in the body similar to a rope, especially the umbilical cord :

cut the cord After the cord is cut, an obstetrician collects a few millilitres of blood with a syringe.

See also

nerve cord
spermatic cord
spinal cord
umbilical cord
vocal cords

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Substances & structures in the body

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Idiom

cut the cord

(Definition of cord from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

cord | American Dictionary

cord

noun [ C ]

/kɔrd/

cord noun [C] (THIN ROPE)

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a length of twisted threads or fibers:

She pulled the cord of the Venetian blinds to raise them and let in the sun.

cord noun [C] (WIRE)

a length of covered wire that connects electrical equipment to an electrical supply or to other equipment:

an electric cord

a telephone cord

(Definition of cord from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of cord

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The patients represent a convenience sample taken from a population of patients who had received either a spinal cord stimulator or an implantable pain pump.

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Other brainstem neurons (not shown) send descending projections to the spinal cord to influence muscle tone and activity across the sleep-wake cycle.

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It is reported that previous models had been based on neurons in the spinal cord, which were too mechanically similar to computers.

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Similarly, the nerve injury-induced proinflammatory gene expression in the spinal cord is also reduced in the toll-like receptor 2 knockout mice.

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The nerve injury-induced spinal cord microglia and astrocyte activation is reduced in the toll-like receptor 2 knockout mice.

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As mentioned, one patient in this series underwent five surgical excisions of the primary and recurrent spinal cord tumours.

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From top left to right bottom: epiglottis, vocal cords, trachea, carina, inflated and detached balloon, vocal cords about to close over the balloon.

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These peripheral nerves are used as a route to the spinal cord.

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If the gene product is released by transduced neurons it may enter both the spinal cord and the periphery.

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A para-marginal cord insertion, defined as less than 2 cm from the placental margin, occurs in around 10% of unselected pregnancies.

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He fell at the group home where he lives and sustained a spinal cord injury.

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Policies with respect to cord clamping and cutting the cord also varied widely, with most practitioners clamping and cutting immediately.

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Ferrous ions detected in iron-overloaded cord blood plasma from preterm and term babies: implications for oxidative stress.

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As proglottis development proceeds along the strobila, there is a gradual thickening of the lateral nerve cords at the anterior end of each segment.

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In such patients, the interventricular defect is usually small, and shunting is limited by tendinous cords tethering the bridging leaflets.

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