flex
noun/fleks/
/fleks/
(British English) (also cord North American English, British English)
[countable, uncountable]- a piece of wire that is covered with plastic, used for carrying electricity to a piece of equipment
- an electric flex
- a length of flex
- Side cutters are useful for cutting electrical flex to length.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long
- trailing
- electric
- …
- length
- cut
Word Originnoun early 20th cent.: abbreviation of flexible.Want to learn more?
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