cord

cord

1. nuora, köysi, naru

2. johto, kaapeli

3. syli (mitta)

Esimerkkejä:

The burglar tied up the householder with a cord.

He looped some cord around his fingers.

Synonyymisanakirja

cord

agal, esiliinan nyöri, bedford cord, pitkäkuituinen säie, jänne, katgutti, suolilanka, köysi, naru, vakosametti.

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cord rimmaa näiden kanssa:

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Englannin sanakirja

cord (englanti > suomi)

1. naru

2. johto, piuha

cord englanniksi

1. A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber (rope, for example); (qualifier) such a length of twisted strands considered as a commodity.

The burglar tied up the victim with a cord.

He looped some cord around his fingers.

2. 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 ((qualifier) vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.

3. A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 × 4 × 8 feet), composed of logs and/or split logs four feet long and none over eight inches diameter. It is usually seen as a stack four feet high by eight feet long.

4. 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

Unerringly impelling this dead, impregnable, uninjurable wall, and this most buoyant thing within; there swims behind it all a mass of tremendous life, only to be adequately estimated as piled wood is—by the cord (..)

5. puhekieltä Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord.

6. Tennyson

The knots that tangle human creeds, / The wounding cords that bind and strain / The heart until it bleeds.

7. 1900, w:Charles W. Chesnutt|Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,

Every detail of the house and garden was familiar; a thousand cords of memory and affection drew him thither; but a stronger counter-motive prevailed.

8. puhekieltä Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve.

spermatic cord; spinal cord; umbilical cord; vocal cords

9. (dated form of): musical sense.

10. väärinkirjoitus sanasta aircraft

11. To furnish with cords

12. To tie or fasten with cords

13. To flatten a book during binding

14. To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.

15. puhekieltä heart

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