Cord

Morpheme

Cord

Type

free base

Denotation

string, stretched line

Etymology

Middle English corde; Old French corde; Latin chorda; Ancient Greek khordḗ

Evidence

bedcord, cord, cordectomy, corded, cordel, corder, cordgrass, cording, cordite, cordless, cordlike, cordmaker, cordmaking, cordocentesis, cordopexy, cordotomy, cords, cordset, cordwood, cordy, detcord, drawcord, hemicord, needlecord, neurocord, paracord, pullcord, rheocord, ripcord, uncord, ventriculocordectomy, whipcord

Notes

homophone of Chord

Doublet

Chord, Cuerda

See Also

Chord, Cuerda

Homographs

Cord