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gord

/ɡɔː(ɹ)d/

gord noun: an instrument of gaming; a sort of dice.

Noun (1)

gord (plural gords)

  1. (obsolete) An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice.
    • And thy dry bones can reach at nothing now, But gords or nine-pinsc. 1613–1616, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Scornful Lady, a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC...

Noun (2)

gord (plural gords)

  1. A medieval Slavonic fortified settlement, typically a group of wooden houses surrounded by a wall of earth and wood, with a palisade running along the top of the bulwark.

Proper noun capitalized: Gord

Gord

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Gordon.
  2. (pronunciation-spelling) Pronunciation spelling of God.

Noun (3) capitalized: GORD

GORD (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.

Forms of gord

pluralgords
alternative formgourd

Origin of gord

Perhaps hollow, and so named in allusion to a gourd.

From Proto-Slavic *gordъ. Doublet of yard and garth.

Clipping of Gordon. Second sense is a pronunciation spelling.

Words that rhyme with gord

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Questions about gord

What does gord mean?
Gord means an instrument of gaming; a sort of dice.
What part of speech is gord?
Gord can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce gord?
Gord is pronounced /ɡɔː(ɹ)d/.
What is the plural of gord?
The plural of gord is gords.

Words near gord in the dictionary

  1. gorcrows
  2. Gorczyca
  3. Gorczycas
  4. Gorczynski
  5. Gorczynskis
  6. gord
  7. gordaite
  8. Gordan
  9. Gordan's problem
  10. Gordans
  11. Gordeev

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