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Meanings of electric cord in English

A light insulated conductor for household use.

Usage of electric cord in English
1
He'd set an electric cord running from an outdoor socket into the water.
The perfect woman
2
Perumal found that she had hanged herself with an electric cord.
The South African
3
The bride couldn't recall where she had packed the electric cord but she found another one.
The new yorker
4
Not even when Judy tossed aside the knife and freed my hands from the electric cord.
After midnight
5
As Steve hauled Elroy out of the tub, I backed away, giving him plenty of slack with the electric cord.
After midnight
6
He had reached the end of his electric cord and was now depending upon an electric torch he had taken from his pocket.
The Clue of the Twisted Candle
7
Significantly nobody had bothered to buy or take electric cords, fuses, or light bulbs.
Alas, Babylon
8
We had a hell of a time figuring out what to do with all the electric cords .
Something about You
9
"Enough of this," she said, and yanked the electric cord from the wall.
Pandemonium
10
"I am...not going to climb across a five-floor drop on an electric cord!"
Shade's children
11
And no surprise: as a child, his father beat him with pretty much everything at his disposal, from belts to electric cords to tree branches.
The Guardian
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