Words / B2

KORD/kɔːd/

A cord is a thick string, or a flexible electrical wire; the spinal cord is the nerve bundle in the spine: an electrical cord; spinal cord. Rope is thicker; flex is a British twin for electrical cable; chord (with h) is music or maths. Label the spinal cord on the diagram. Mix-up: cord vs chord; cored; do not write cord for a music harmony.

Meaning

A thick string, or a flexible electrical wire; the spinal cord is the nerve bundle in the spine.

Examples

• “Label the spinal cord on the diagram, not a headphone brand.”
• “A chord in the score is the music sense (with h), which is not this headword.”

Good to know

an electrical cord / flex; spinal cord; a length of cord. Thicker: rope. Spelling trap: chord. Biology and DT. Thick string, an electrical flex, or the spinal cord — never the music chord.

Near in meaning

flex, rope, string

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