famn — meaning in English

English meaning

• cord noun A length of thin rope, string, or flexible cable.
• fathom noun A unit of length equal to six feet (about 1.8 metres), traditionally used to measure the depth of water.

Senses

famn 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.
• fathom (chiefly, nautical, historical, US) A man's armspan, generally reckoned to be six feet (about 1.8 metres). Later used to measure the depth of water, but now generally replaced by the metre outside American usage.

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.

fathom — full definition

1. noun A unit of length equal to six feet (about 1.8 metres), traditionally used to measure the depth of water.
2. verb To understand something fully, especially something puzzling or complicated.

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