cord
US /kɔrd/
Definition
a line made of twisted fibers or threads
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The power cord is too short to reach the wall socket.
Synonyms
- cablea telegram sent abroad
- wireligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
Collocations
- Easy power cordto power cord, meaning to supply the force or power for the functioning of
- Medium extension corddescribing extension cord (a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt)
- Hard umbilical cord of communicationdescribing umbilical cord of communication (membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta)
- Very Hard cut the cord with cable TVto reduce, trim, or divide regarding the cord with cable TV
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