English-Dutch translations for cord

• drasf
• kabel
• koord
  De heer Santer heeft een monnikspij aangetrokken en het koord rond zijn middel is gemaakt van een Brits rund. Mr Santer donned a penitent's robe with a cord of British leather.
• touw
  Een touw kan niet geduwd, maar wel getrokken worden: investeringen in onderzoek helpen niet meer, maar de wereldwijde vraag wel.You cannot push on a cord; you have to pull it, as the Finnish saying goes. Investment in research will not help any more, but global demand would.
• vadem
• zeel

Definition of cord

• A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns of fiber ; such a length of twisted strands considered as a commodity
• A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper , or other appliance
• Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord
• Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve
• : musical sense
• To furnish with cords
• To flatten a book during binding

Examples

• The burglar tied up the victim with a cord
• He looped some cord around his fingers
• spermatic cord; spinal cord; umbilical cord; vocal cords

Related words

• record
• accordion
• accord
• cordial
• recorder
• accordance
• cordate
• cordially
• concord