Meanings
plural extension cords
- USbusinessAn electrical cord with a plug one end, and a single socket or a multi-port socket at the other end, used for powering one or more devices at a distance, too far from the wall outlet to be reached by the normal cords of the device or devices.
Atticus did something that interested us: he came into the livingroom carrying a long electrical extension cord. There was a light bulb on the end.
1960 July 11, Harper Lee, chapter 15, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLCSynonyms: extension lead, extension, power extender, drop cord, trip cord
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn electrical cord with a plug one end, and a single socket or a multi-port socket at the other end, used for powering one or more devices at a distance, too far from the wall outlet to be reached by the normal cords of the device or devices.
Translations
Arabic سِلْك تَوْصِيل
- سِلْك تَوْصِيل (silk tawṣīl)an electrical cord
Chinese Mandarin 電源延長線 /电源延长线, 延長線 /延长线
- 電源延長線 /电源延长线 (diànyuán yánchángxiàn)an electrical cord
- 延長線 /延长线 (yánchángxiàn)an electrical cord
Czech prodlužovačka, prodlužka
- prodlužovačkaan electrical cord
- prodlužkaan electrical cord
Danish forlængerledning
- forlængerledningan electrical cord
Dutch verlengsnoer
- verlengsnoeran electrical cord
Finnish jatkojohto
- jatkojohtoan electrical cord
French prolongateur, rallonge
- prolongateuran electrical cord
- rallongean electrical cord
German Verlängerungskabel
- Verlängerungskabelan electrical cord
Hungarian hosszabbító zsinór, hosszabbító
- hosszabbító zsinóran electrical cord
- hosszabbítóan electrical cord
Icelandic framlengingarsnúra
- framlengingarsnúraan electrical cord
Italian prolunga
- prolungaan electrical cord
Japanese 延長ケーブル, テーブルタップ
- 延長ケーブル (enchō-kēburu)an electrical cord
- テーブルタップ (tēburutappu)an electrical cord
Latvian pagarinātājs
- pagarinātājsan electrical cord
Māori tura kātete
- tura kātetean electrical cord
Norwegian skøteledning
- skøteledningan electrical cord
Polish przedłużacz
- przedłużaczan electrical cord
Portuguese extensão
- extensãoan electrical cord
Romanian cablu de prelungire, cablu prelungitor
- cablu de prelungirean electrical cord
- cablu prelungitoran electrical cord
- prelungitoran electrical cord
Russian удлини́тель
- удлини́тель (udlinítelʹ)an electrical cord
Slovak predlžovačka
- predlžovačkaan electrical cord
Spanish extensión/alargadera (eléctrica/“de corriente”)
- extensión/alargadera (eléctrica/“de corriente”)an electrical cord
Swedish skarvsladd, förlängningssladd
- skarvsladdan electrical cord
- förlängningssladdan electrical cord
Tagalog dugtungang-kawad
- dugtungang-kawadan electrical cord
Turkish uzatma kablosu
- uzatma kablosuan electrical cord
Ukrainian подо́вжувач
- подо́вжувач (podóvžuvač)an electrical cord
Cite this entry
extension cord. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extension%20cord
“extension cord.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extension%20cord. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extension cord,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extension%20cord.
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