extension cord

noun

: an electric cord fitted with a plug at one end and a receptacle at the other

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Stinger — Short for extension cord, of which there will be plenty on a set. Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 17 May 2025 Types of extension cords Has your extension cord ever melted? Cody Godwin, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025 An elderly woman critically injured in a Washington Heights electrical fire has died, with the FDNY saying that the blaze was sparked by at least one space heater that was plugged into an extension cord. Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2025 Wet-headed; seated on a metal chair holding an extension cord her clothes swarm the floor. C. D. Wright, New Yorker, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for extension cord

Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of extension cord was in 1918

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“Extension cord.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extension%20cord. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.

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