Cord

Cord or CORD may refer to:

• Rope
• Cord (band), a British rock group
• Cord (film), a 2000 film starring Daryl Hannah and Jennifer Tilly
• Cord (sewing), a trimming made of multiple strands of yarn twisted together
• Cord (unit), a unit of measurement for firewood and pulpwood used in North America
• Cord, Arkansas
• Cord Automobile, a former American car marque
• The Cord Weekly, a student newspaper at Wilfrid Laurier University
• Cable, in electronics
  • power cord
  • extension cord
• Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders, a non-profit health organization
• Christian Outreach for Relief & Development, a humanitarian organization, based in Leamington Spa, England
• Coalition for Reforms and Democracy, a Kenyan political coalition
• Congress on Research in Dance, a professional society for dance research
• Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors, a scientific organization
• Vibrating string

Biology

• Spinal cord
• Mycelial cord, a structure, used by fungi to transfer nutrients over larger distances.
• Umbilical cord, a tube that connects a developing embryo or fetus to its placenta
• Chronic obstructive respiratory disease, an alternate name for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

People

• Alex Cord (born 1933), American actor and writer
• Chris Cord (born 1940), American racing driver
• Errett Lobban Cord (1894–1974) American industrialist
• Ronnie Cord (1943–1986), Brazilian singer
• Cord Meyer (1920–2001), American CIA official
• Cord McCoy (born 1980), American bull and saddle bronc rider
• Cord Parks (born 1986), American professional football player
• Cord Phelps (born 1987), American professional baseball player
• Cord Pool, guitarist for American red dirt metal band Texas Hippie Coalition
• Cord Widderich (died 1447), German pirate

See also

• Chord (disambiguation)
• String (disambiguation)