extension cord

noun

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

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Flores expected to charge his phone via an extension cord connected to electricity in the garage. Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025 Fulton allegedly hog-tied him with an extension cord and tow strap, then beat the victim with a golf club. Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025 Listen to this article A 37-year-old Brooklyn mom and pediatric nurse was arrested for allegedly whipping her child with an extension cord after cops found the 9-year-old boy wandering the streets after midnight, police said. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025 Fulton used an extension cord to tie his feet, then threw him down a flight of stairs to the basement. Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 22 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 30 Jun. 2025.

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