cord vs sash

cord

verb
  • To furnish with cords 

  • To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord. 

  • To tie or fasten with cords 

  • To flatten a book during binding 

noun
  • Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord. 

  • A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber (rope, for example); (uncountable) such a length of twisted strands considered as a commodity. 

  • A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 × 4 × 8 feet), composed of logs and/or split logs four feet long and none over eight inches diameter. It is usually seen as a stack four feet high by eight feet long. 

  • Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve. 

  • A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper ((US) vacuum cleaner), or other appliance. 

sash

verb
  • To furnish with a sash. 

  • To adorn with a sash. 

noun
  • A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows. 

  • A piece of cloth designed to be worn around the waist. 

  • The opening part (casement) of a window usually containing the glass panes, hinged to the jamb, or sliding up and down as in a sash window. 

  • The rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; the gate. 

  • A window-like part of a fume hood which can be moved up and down in order to create a barrier between chemicals and people. 

  • A decorative length of cloth worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip, often for ceremonial or other formal occasions. 

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