cords

Ribbed casual trousers

Cords are trousers made of corduroy—a ridged cotton fabric with vertical wales.

The word is always plural when referring to the garment: He wore brown cords and a sweater.

The singular cord refers to rope, string, or flexible insulated wire, or the spinal cord.

A cord of wood is a stack measuring 4 × 4 × 8 feet.

rope

rope

Thick twisted fibers

  • twineStranded cord for tying
  • stringSlender fiber or character sequence
  • cableHeavy-duty woven line

line · strand · thread · braid · lanyard · tether · drawstring · lashing · knot · tie

pants

trousers

Bifurcated lower-body garment

jeans · bootcut · flares · skinny · high-waisted · low-rise · tailored · casualwear · workwear · vintage

fabric

corduroy

Ridged cotton textile

twill · wales · napped · plush · ridged · pile · cotton · upholstery · durable · woven

electrical

power

Energy transfer rate

cable · wire · adapter · charger · insulation · conductor · tangled · socket · prong · grounded

anatomy

spinal

Of the backbone

nerve · tissue · vertebrae · column · folds · larynx · vibration · birth · navel · severed

firewood

stacked

Arranged in a heap

seasoned · hardwood · volume · measurement · split · oak · maple · woodpile · delivered

music

chord

Notes sounded simultaneously

triad · arpeggio · strumming · guitar · piano · accompaniment · changes · sequences · fingering

Categories
Opposites
connectivity method

cordswireless

Untethered signal transmission

Bluetooth · cordless · Wi-Fi · untethered · infrared

fabric texture

cordschinos

Cotton twill trousers

khakis · slacks · dress pants · gabardine · denim

physical structure

cordssheets

Flat expanses of material

plates · mesh · fabric

Phrases
Family

record, accord, cord, recording, discord, recorded, discordant, cordless, accorded

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G