Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "cord" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

backpack bundle delivery room hardware store hospital mountain climbers back pack office sporting goods store

Capable Of

trip person

Derived Terms

Bedford cord bait-cord bedcord body cord bungee cord bungy cord central cord syndrome citation cord communication cord cord factor cord lacing cord set cord-cutter cord-cutting cord-lacing cordectomy cordel corder cordgrass cordite cordless cordlike cordmaker cordmaking cordocentesis cordopexy cordotomy cordset corduroy cordwood cordy cut the cord cut the umbilical cord detcord detonating cord detonation cord drawcord emergency cord extension cord genital cord hemicord kill cord kook cord male-to-male cord needlecord nerve cord neurocord nuchal cord oblique cord paracord power cord primer cord pull cord pullcord rheocord ripcord russel cord sash cord sex cord spermatic cord spinal cord suicide cord tailcord trip cord true vocal cord umbilical cord uncord ventral nerve cord ventriculocordectomy vocal cord vocal cord nodule vocal cords whipcord

Inflected/Variant Forms

chord

Context

anatomy us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

bind capacity measure capacity unit cloth conductor cubage unit cubature unit cubic content unit cubic measure displacement unit fabric heap line material pile stack textile tie volume unit

Type Of (IsA)

conductor cordlike artifact fabric fashionable textile line rope volume unit

Manner Of

stack tie

Part Of

telephone

Receives Action

tied

Related Terms

aircraft electricity fasten fiber firewood flatten influence lamp nerve parachute rope small small rope strands string sweeper tendon tie tying umbilical umbilical string vacuum cleaner wire yarns

Similar Terms

string thread twine

Synonym Network

cable corduroy rope thick thin twine umbilical cord

Used For

binding bundling things bundling up recycling carrying electricity conducting electricty flying kites hanging oneself keeping hillbillys pants up keeping things bundled keeping trunk hood down play with cat plugging in run elecrtrcity strengthening single strands tie tie bundles tie things together tying tying down tents tying tarps down tying things tying things together tying up recycling wrapping gifts

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.