: having no cord
especially
: powered by a battery
a cordless telephone
cordless
noun
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The cordless vacuum has racked up hundreds of perfect ratings from reviewers, and more than 2,000 people have snagged one in the past month.
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Toni Sutton, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
Sure, there are cordless vacs to mitigate this problem, but those are also large and can be expensive.
—Molly Higgins, WIRED, 7 Feb. 2025
The system even works with ATA adapters (for connecting older analog phones), conferencing phones, cordless phones, and pagers.
—John Brandon, PCMAG, 1 Feb. 2025
Downsides: Specs: As for the best cordless vacuums, Williams can’t get enough of LG’s CordZero Cordless Stick Vacuum.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 30 Jan. 2025
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Toni Sutton, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
Sure, there are cordless vacs to mitigate this problem, but those are also large and can be expensive.
—Molly Higgins, WIRED, 7 Feb. 2025
The system even works with ATA adapters (for connecting older analog phones), conferencing phones, cordless phones, and pagers.
—John Brandon, PCMAG, 1 Feb. 2025
Downsides: Specs: As for the best cordless vacuums, Williams can’t get enough of LG’s CordZero Cordless Stick Vacuum.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Cordless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cordless. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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cordless
adjective
cord·less
ˈkȯrd-ləs 
: having no cord
especially
: powered by a battery
a cordless telephone
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