phone cord
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1.9
- noun
- /foʊn kɔrd/
:
cable telefónico
- I let the phone cord retract the receiver back into its socket, then I turned to Mickey.
- stretch the phone cord
- wrap the phone cord
- pull the phone cord
She's got the phone and the tape player and the phone cord and the phone base on her desk.
- She's got the phone and the tape player and the phone cord and the phone base on her desk.
Examples
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A long phone cord snaked down the hall from the living room and under the other bedroom door.
Fiction book (1995) -
I wrapped the phone cord around my hand, wishing I had let the answering machine pick up.
Fiction book (1998) -
And this is a phone cord.
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Would you please rip the phone cord out of the wall?
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I had him rip the phone cord out of the wall.
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- Would you rip the phone cord out of the wall, please?
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As she dials, we move along the phone cord, following it down to the jack in the wall.
Fiction book (1996) -
She's got the phone and the tape player and the phone cord and the phone base on her desk.
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I pretend to be straightening up the table and pull the phone cord out of the wall.
Academic text (2007) -
He accidentally pulled too hard on the phone cord, causing the handset to fall off the table.
Synonyms
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2.0
A thin insulated wire that carries electricity to appliances
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2.4
A thin metal line that carries phone calls
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1.6
A flexible wire that connects the phone handset to its base or wall
How Old-Fashioned
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'phone' (telephone device) with 'cord' (wire), so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand it refers to the wire connecting parts of a telephone. This noun+noun composition is a common, literal naming pattern cross‑linguistically, making the expression immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
Phone cord comes from the simple picture of a phone and the coiled cord that lets the handset move while staying attached to the base. So today 'phone cord' means the coiled wire that 'connects' a telephone handset to its base.