CHORDA Synonyms
0 hypernym for chorda. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for CHORDA
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| filament | noun n | |||||
noun • a very slender natural or synthetic fiber • the stalk of a stamen • a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells) • a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current | ||||||
| ligament | noun n | |||||
noun • a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs • any connection or unifying bond | ||||||
| sinew | noun n | |||||
noun • a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment • possessing muscular strength | ||||||
| strand | verb, noun v, n | |||||
noun • a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole • a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels • line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable • a necklace made by stringing objects together • a very slender natural or synthetic fiber • a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides) verb • leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue • drive (a vessel) ashore • bring to the ground | ||||||
| string | noun n | |||||
noun • a lightweight cord • stringed instruments that are played with a bow • a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket • a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding • a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.) • a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening • a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod) • (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop • a collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand • a necklace made by stringing objects together verb • thread on or as if on a string • add as if on a string • move or come along • stretch out or arrange like a string • string together; tie or fasten with a string • remove the stringy parts of • provide with strings | ||||||
| tendon | noun n | |||||
noun • a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment | ||||||