Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Tied or bound with cords.
- adjective Furnished with or made of cords.
- adjective Ribbed or twilled.
- adjective Stacked in cords.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bound, girded, or fastened with cords.
- Piled in a form for measurement by the cord.
- Made of cords; furnished with cords.
- Ribbed or furrowed, as by cords: as, corded cloth; a corded pattern.
- In heraldry, represented as bound about, or wound with cords, as the cross in the accompanying figure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Bound or fastened with cords.
- adjective Piled in a form for measurement by the cord.
- adjective obsolete Made of cords.
- adjective Striped or ribbed with cords.
- adjective (Her.) Bound about, or wound, with cords.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Fitted with a
cord .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of textiles; having parallel raised lines
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Examples
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Lancer pulled up short and made a shallow bow to the man, who wore an old but carefully-ironed white shirt with a buttoned collar much too large for him, from which his thin corded neck extended like a sunburnt plant stalk.
The Captain's Hat 2009
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Lancer pulled up short and made a shallow bow to the man, who wore an old but carefully-ironed white shirt with a buttoned collar much too large for him, from which his thin corded neck extended like a sunburnt plant stalk.
The Captain's Hat 2009
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Piqué pee-kay • Group of durable fabrics characterized by corded effects either warp-wise or filling-wise, most notably created with a waffle texture similar to that of a honeycomb weave.
Before You Put That On Lloyd Boston 2005
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Piqué pee-kay • Group of durable fabrics characterized by corded effects either warp-wise or filling-wise, most notably created with a waffle texture similar to that of a honeycomb weave.
Before You Put That On Lloyd Boston 2005
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Piqué pee-kay • Group of durable fabrics characterized by corded effects either warp-wise or filling-wise, most notably created with a waffle texture similar to that of a honeycomb weave.
Before You Put That On Lloyd Boston 2005
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A "corded" breast may usually quite easily be cured, and the patient should be made perfectly easy in mind about it.
Papers on Health John Kirk
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This "corded" bed was constructed by running rope or cord from the head to the foot and then from side to side.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration
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The portrait forming the centrepiece is like that on the values of 1868 though the medallion is enclosed within a "corded" circle instead of an ordinary plain line.
The Stamps of Canada Bertram William Henry Poole 1918
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I did all the usual checks, removing kit from the line and plugging a normal "corded" phone into the master socket.
Cup Of Coffee 2010
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I did all the usual checks, removing kit from the line and plugging a normal "corded" phone into the master socket.
Coolsmartphone News 2010
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