A line made of twisted fibers or threads.

Roget 205: filament, line; fiber, fibril; funicle^†, vein; hair, capillament^†, cilium, cilia, pilus, pili; tendril, gossamer; hair stroke; veinlet^†, venula^†, venule^†.    wire, string, thread, packthread, cotton, sewing silk, twine, twist, whipcord, tape, ribbon, cord, rope, yarn, hemp, oakum, jute.    strip, shred, slip, spill, list, band, fillet, fascia, ribbon, riband, roll, lath, splinter, shiver, shaving.    beard etc. (roughness) 256; ramification; strand.    ... show more

Roget 752: prison, prison house; jail, gaol, cage, coop, den, cell; stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon, dungeon, Bastille, oubliette, bridewell^†, house of correction, hulks, tollbooth, panopticon^†, penitentiary, guardroom, lockup, hold; round house, watch house, station house, sponging house; station; house of detention, black hole, pen, fold, pound; inclosure etc. 232; isolation (exclusion) 893; penal settlement, penal colony; bilboes, stocks, limbo, quod [Lat.]; calaboose, chauki^†, choky^†, thana^†; workhouse [U.S.].    Newgate, Fleet, Marshalsea; King's Bench, Queen's Bench.    bond; bandage; irons, pinion, gyve, fetter, shackle, trammel, manacle, handcuff, straight jacket, strait jacket, strait-jacket, strait-waistcoat, hopples^†; vice, vise.    yoke, collar, halter, harness; muzzle, gag, bit, brake, curb, snaffle, bridle; rein, reins; bearing rein; martingale; leading string; tether, picket, band, guy, chain; cord etc. (fastening) 45; cavesson^†, hackamore [U.S.], headstall, jaquima [U.S.], lines, ribbons.    bolt, deadbolt, bar, lock, police lock, combination lock, padlock, rail, wall, stone wall; paling, palisade; fence, picket fence, barbed wire fence, Cyclone fence, stockade fence, chain-link fence; barrier, barricade.    drag etc. (hindrance) 706.    ... show more

Roget 45: vinculum, link; connective, connection; junction etc. 43; bond of union, copula, hyphen, intermedium^†; bracket; bridge, stepping-stone, isthmus.    bond, tendon, tendril; fiber; cord, cordage; riband, ribbon, rope, guy, cable, line, halser^†, hawser, painter, moorings, wire, chain; string etc. (filament) 205.    fastener, fastening, tie; ligament, ligature; strap; tackle, rigging; standing rigging, running rigging; traces, harness; yoke; band ribband, bandage; brace, roller, fillet; inkle^†; with, withe, withy; thong, braid; girder, tiebeam; girth, girdle, cestus^†, garter, halter, noose, lasso, surcingle, knot, running knot; cabestro [U.S.], cinch [U.S.], lariat, legadero^†, oxreim^†; suspenders.    pin, corking pin, nail, brad, tack, skewer, staple, corrugated fastener; clamp, U-clamp, C-clamp; cramp, cramp iron; ratchet, detent, larigo^†, pawl; terret^†, treenail, screw, button, buckle; clasp, hasp, hinge, hank, catch, latch, bolt, latchet^†, tag; tooth; hook, hook and eye; lock, holdfast^†, padlock, rivet; anchor, grappling iron, trennel^†, stake, post.    cement, glue, gum, paste, size, wafer, solder, lute, putty, birdlime, mortar, stucco, plaster, grout; viscum^†.    shackle, rein etc. (means of restraint) 752; prop etc. (support) 215.    ... show more

Roget 192: size, magnitude, dimension, bulk, volume; largeness etc. adj.; greatness etc. (of quantity) 31; expanse etc. (space) 180; amplitude, mass; proportions.    capacity, tonnage, tunnage; cordage; caliber, scantling.    turgidity etc. (expansion) 194; corpulence, obesity; plumpness etc. adj.; embonpoint, corporation, flesh and blood, lustihood.    hugeness etc. adj.; enormity, immensity, monstrosity.    giant, Brobdingnagian, Antaeus, Goliath, Gog and Magog, Gargantua, monster, mammoth, Cyclops; cachalot, whale, porpoise, behemoth, leviathan, elephant, hippopotamus; colossus; tun, cord, lump, bulk, block, loaf, mass, swad, clod, nugget, bushel, thumper, whooper, spanker, strapper; Triton among the minnows" [Coriolanus]. mountain, mound; heap etc. (assemblage) 72.    largest portion etc. 50; full size, life size.    ... show more

Dutch: touw, koord
Polish: sznur

A unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet.

Dutch: zeel

A light insulated conductor for household use.

synonym: electric cord.

Dutch: koord, snoer
Polish: sznur

A cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton.

synonym: corduroy.

Dutch: corduroy, koordfluweel, ribfluweel, rips, tinneroy
Polish: sztruks, kord

Stack in cords.

Bind or tie with a cord.