Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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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.