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# cordless

adjective (cordless; not compared)

«cordless» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A cordless device works without being plugged into the wall by a wire, usually because it has a battery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cordless/#m1)

### In the lessons

Used for everyday machines at home and in DIY: a cordless phone, cordless drill, cordless vacuum cleaner, cordless kettle (whose base is plugged in). It tells you that you can carry it around, but it must be charged.

### Examples

- Grandma still has a cordless phone in the hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cordless/#x1)
- Dad used a cordless drill to put up the shelf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cordless/#x2)
- The cordless vacuum needs charging every night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cordless/#x3)
- A cordless kettle lifts off its base so you can pour easily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cordless/#x4)
- Cordless headphones use Bluetooth instead of a wire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cordless/#x5)
- We took the cordless speaker into the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cordless/#x6)

### Note

«Cord» here means an electric wire (in the UK often called a lead or flex). Do not confuse cord with chord (notes played together in music).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cordless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cordless/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cordless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cordless.html) on Mova free.