Definition of "chord" []

• Music A combination of three or more pitches sounded simultaneously. (noun)
• Harmony, as of color. (noun)
• To be in accord; agree. (verb-intransitive)
• Music To play chords on an instrument. (verb-intransitive)
• Music To play chords on. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "She changed tempo and what she called the chord variations."
• "He is good on paramusical minutiae – record contracts, PR, style subcultures – but shaky on music itself calling a chord progression a "march tempo"."
• "Musical group Steel Train plays one chord from a song."