CORDS

cords, corduroys

(noun) cotton trousers made of corduroy cloth

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

cords

plural of cord

Verb

cords

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cord

Etymology 2

Noun

cords pl (plural only)

(informal) Corduroys.

Anagrams

• scrod

Source: Wiktionary

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CORD

Cord, n. Etym: [F. corde, L. chorda catgut, chord, cord, fr. Gr. haruspex soothsayer (inspector of entrails), Icel. görn, pl. garnir gut, and E. yarn. Cf. Chord, Yarn.]

1. A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.

2. A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad; -- originally measured with a cord or line.

3. Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity. The knots that tangle human creeds, The wounding cords that bind and strain The heart until it bleeds. Tennyson.

4. (Anat.)

Definition: Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.

5. (Mus.)

Definition: See Chord. [Obs.] Cord wood, wood for fuel cut to the length of four feet (when of full measure).

Cord (krd), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Corded; p. pr. & vb. n. Cording.]

1. To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment.

2. To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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