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net cord in British English (nɛt kɔːd) noun tennis a cord that passes along and supports the top of a tennis net Examples of 'net cord' in a sentencenet cord If there was a net cord, it would have fallen for me.Let's finally stop serves being retaken when the ball skims the net cord.You can win a point on a net-cord in tennis, but that doesn't often happen on championship point.At 5-2 down in the third set, it seemed only the net cord could save her.Let calls have been abandoned: if the ball clips the net-cord but doesn't go out, it's in play.I got a bit fortunate to get the break at the beginning of the set with a net cord on the slice backhand.The set's clinching stroke was perhaps the least attractive of the whole match, a stiff backhand that clipped the net cord.Then he realised he was having one of those evenings — the odd net-cord helped — and he simply let rip.In the tie-break she came back from 2-4, got the luck of a big net-cord and closed the set decisively.In the end, the more experienced partnership prevailed, winning the fifth game 11-5, ending the match with a dead net cord. Word lists withnet cord tennis |