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SILVER CORD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does silver cord mean?
• SILVER CORD (noun)
The noun SILVER CORD has 1 sense:
1. the emotional bond between a mother and her offspring
Familiarity information: SILVER CORD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The emotional bond between a mother and her offspring
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("silver cord" is a kind of...):
alliance; bond (a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest)
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