Cord — meaning in English

English meaning

• cord noun A length of thin rope, string, or flexible cable.
• corduroy noun A heavy, ribbed cotton fabric with fine raised, parallel lines running down it.

Senses

Cord is used for these senses in English:

• cord A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 × 4 × 8 feet), composed of logs and/or split logs four feet long and none over eight inches diameter. It is usually seen as a stack four feet high by eight feet long.
• corduroy A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs.

cord — full definition

1. noun A length of thin rope, string, or flexible cable.
2. noun A unit for measuring stacked firewood, roughly 128 cubic feet.
3. verb To tie or fasten something with cord.

corduroy — full definition

1. noun A heavy, ribbed cotton fabric with fine raised, parallel lines running down it.
2. noun The rippled pattern left in snow by a grooming machine, popular with skiers and snowboarders.
3. adj Describing a road or path built from logs laid side by side across it.

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