extension cord

noun

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

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An extension cord was seen running through a vent. Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025 Prime subscribers can also join the 10,000 shoppers who just bought this long extension cord with outlets and USB ports. Isabel Garcia, People.com, 30 Aug. 2025 Childers was beaten, strangled, bound with an extension cord and stabbed. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Aug. 2025 Imagine buying an extension cord that's two miles long and how expensive that would be. Sydney Franklin, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for extension cord

Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

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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 10 Sep. 2025.

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