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How to pronounce “cord”
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Pronunciation guide for cord
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of cord with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The quest to understand consciousness
and the spinal cord.
- Definition summary
- (countable) A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fibre (a rope, for example).
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce cord
The quest to understand consciousness
and the spinal cord.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “cord”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (countable) A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fibre (a rope, for example).
- (uncountable) Any quantity of such material when viewed as a mass or commodity.
- A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper ((US) vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.
- 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.
- (figuratively) Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord.
- (anatomy) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve.
- (music) Dated form of chord.
- Misspelling of chord, a cross-section measurement of an aircraft wing.
- [Verb]
- To furnish with cords.
- To tie or fasten with cords.
- To flatten a book during binding.
- To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
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