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pull cords

pull cords is the plural of pull cord.

Meaning of pull cord

Noun

pull cord (plural pull cords)

  1. a cord used to operate a ceiling-mounted or wall-mounted electrical device, such as a light switch.
  2. a cord used to start a petrol-engined lawnmower, chainsaw or the like, where it is not feasible to have a starter motor.

Questions about pull cords

What is pull cords the plural of?
Pull cords is the plural of pull cord.

Words near pull cords in the dictionary

  1. pull back
  2. pull back the curtain
  3. pull buoy
  4. pull buoys
  5. pull cord
  6. pull cords
  7. pull down
  8. pull down a notch
  9. pull down the curtain
  10. pull effect
  11. pull faces

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pull cords (page history and authors); pull cord (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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