Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: cord
IPA transcription: [k'ɔɹd]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: cord
    Meaning: a line made of twisted fibers or threads; "the bundle was tied with a cord"
Usage examples
  • I am resolved, at least, to find the two ends of the cord."
  • I shall have to take a bit of cord and put an end to his misery."
  • As she drew back her head, her eyes fell upon the knot of gold cord.
  • But when I pull the cord again, lose no time in drawing the basket up.'
  • Then he and his men, with a sufficiency of cord, began to fly it high overhead.
  • See! there is a basket that will do for me to sit in, and a cord to lower me with.
  • An ordinary optic nerve is about the thickness of a thread, but his is like a cord.
  • The gold cord untwined itself, as if by magic, and left the box without a fastening.
  • Someone had pulled the cord attached to one of the blinds, and it had rolled up with a snap.
  • Then he went on to the well, drew up the cord, which was half rotten, and stretched it out in the sun.