Bolas are made up of a long cord with two stone balls at the free ends.
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Cord
//kɔɹd//
Synonyms for "cord" (84 found)
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19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Synonyms
7 entriesat location
8 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
73 entriesShowing 16 of 73 words.
form of
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
7 entriesmanner of
2 entriespart of
1 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
similar
3 entriesused for
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
Translations
184 translations across 58 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- θῶμιγξ noun (length of twisted strands)
- σειρά noun (length of twisted strands)
- σχοινίον noun (length of twisted strands)
Arabic
2 entries- حَبْل noun (length of twisted strands)
- خَيْط noun (length of twisted strands)
Armenian
1 entries- լար noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
Aromanian
1 entries- coardã noun (length of twisted strands)
Assamese
1 entries- জৰী noun (length of twisted strands)
Belarusian
4 entries- вяро́ўка noun (length of twisted strands)
- дрот noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- ка́бель noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- про́вад noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
Bulgarian
4 entries- връв noun (length of twisted strands)
- въже́ noun (length of twisted strands)
- ка́бел noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- кана́п noun (length of twisted strands)
Catalan
3 entries- cable noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- corda noun (length of twisted strands)
- cordill noun (length of twisted strands)
Chickasaw
2 entries- ishtalakchi' noun (length of twisted strands)
- shtalakchi' noun (length of twisted strands)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 線 /线 noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- 繩 /绳 noun (length of twisted strands)
- 繩子 /绳子 noun (length of twisted strands)
Coptic
1 entries- ⲛⲟϩ noun (length of twisted strands)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- şnur noun (length of twisted strands)
Czech
3 entries- provaz noun (length of twisted strands)
- šňůra noun (length of twisted strands)
- šňůra noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
Dalmatian
1 entries- canapial noun (length of twisted strands)
Danish
3 entries- elledning noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- kabel noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- ledning noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
Dutch
4 entries- kabel noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- koord noun (length of twisted strands)
- touw noun (length of twisted strands)
- zeel noun (length of twisted strands)
Egyptian
1 entries- n:U19-nw-w-H-V1 noun (length of twisted strands)
Esperanto
2 entries- ŝnurkonduktilo noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- ŝnuro noun (length of twisted strands)
Faroese
1 entries- leidningur noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
Finnish
4 entries- johdin noun (anatomy)
- johto noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- naru noun (length of twisted strands)
- piuha noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
French
3 entries- corde noun (length of twisted strands)
- corde noun (unit of measurement for firewood)
- cordon noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
Galician
4 entries- bramante noun (length of twisted strands)
- cable noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- cabo noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- corda noun (length of twisted strands)
Georgian
1 entries- თოკი noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
German
4 entries- Band noun (figurative influence)
- Band noun (anatomy)
- Cord noun (unit of measurement for firewood)
- Faden noun (figurative influence)
Greek
1 entries- σχοινί noun (length of twisted strands)
Hindi
2 entries- तार noun (length of twisted strands)
- तार noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
Hungarian
4 entries- drót noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- huzal noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- kábel noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- kötelék noun (figurative influence)
Icelandic
1 entries- leiðsla noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
Ingrian
1 entries- šnurkka noun (length of twisted strands)
Irish
1 entries- ruóg noun (length of twisted strands)
Italian
1 entries- cordone noun (length of twisted strands)
Japanese
3 entries- コード noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- 線 noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- 縄 noun (length of twisted strands)
Kabuverdianu
1 entries- bulina noun (length of twisted strands)
Khmer
1 entries- ខ្សែ noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
Korean
3 entries- 밧줄 noun (length of twisted strands)
- 선 noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- 코드 noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
Latin
2 entries- fūnis noun (length of twisted strands)
- restis noun (length of twisted strands)
Latvian
1 entries- virve noun (length of twisted strands)
Macedonian
4 entries- вр́вка noun (length of twisted strands)
- вр́вца noun (length of twisted strands)
- га́јтан noun (length of twisted strands)
- га́јтан noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
Middle English
3 entries- corde noun (length of twisted strands)
- rop noun (length of twisted strands)
- teye noun (length of twisted strands)
Māori
4 entries- kopu noun (length of twisted strands)
- kārure noun (length of twisted strands)
- kōri noun (unit of measurement for firewood)
- taihere noun (length of twisted strands)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- ledning noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- tau noun (length of twisted strands)
Old English
1 entries- sīma noun (length of twisted strands)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- ایپ noun (length of twisted strands)
- خلاط noun (length of twisted strands)
- ریسمان noun (length of twisted strands)
- طنب noun (length of twisted strands)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Baunt noun (length of twisted strands)
- Klauft noun (unit of measurement for firewood)
Polish
4 entries- kabel noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- lina noun (figurative influence)
- przewód noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- rdzeń noun (anatomy)
Portuguese
3 entries- barbante noun (length of twisted strands)
- cabo noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- corda noun (length of twisted strands)
Quechua
2 entries- anku noun (length of twisted strands)
- watu noun (length of twisted strands)
Romanian
4 entries- cablu noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- coardă noun (length of twisted strands)
- cordon noun (length of twisted strands)
- cordon noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
Russian
4 entries- верёвка noun (length of twisted strands)
- ка́бель noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- про́вод noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- шнур noun (length of twisted strands)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- teud noun (length of twisted strands)
- teud-dealain noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
Spanish
4 entries- cable noun (length of twisted strands)
- cable noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- cabuya noun (length of twisted strands)
- cordel noun (length of twisted strands)
Swedish
4 entries- famn noun (unit of measurement for firewood)
- kabel noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- ledning noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- sladd noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
Thai
1 entries- เชือก noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
Tocharian B
1 entries- śerkw noun (length of twisted strands)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎈𐎁𐎍 noun (length of twisted strands)
Ukrainian
4 entries- вірьо́вка noun (length of twisted strands)
- дріт noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- ка́бель noun (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity)
- моту́зка noun (length of twisted strands)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- woodol-woodol noun (length of twisted strands)
Zulu
1 entries- intambo noun (length of twisted strands)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
He connected the cord to the machine.
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I think this lamp has a short because the light comes on only if I jiggle the cord.
Source: tatoeba (640837)
Central nervous system consists of brain, cerebellum, medulla oblongata and spinal cord.
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