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cordon

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cor·don  (kôrdn)
n.
1. A line of people, military posts, or ships stationed around an area to enclose or guard it.
2. A cord or braid worn as a fastening or ornament.
3. A ribbon usually worn diagonally across the breast as a badge of honor or decoration.
4. Architecture A stringcourse.
5. Botany A tree or shrub, especially a fruit tree such as an apple or pear, repeatedly pruned and trained to grow on a support as a single ropelike stem.
tr.v. cor·doned, cor·don·ing, cor·dons
To form a cordon around (an area) so as to prevent movement in or out: Troops cordoned off the riot zone.

[French, from Old French, diminutive of corde, cord; see cord.]

cordon
Noun
1. a chain of police, soldiers, or vehicles guarding an area
2. an ornamental braid or ribbon
3. Horticulture a fruit tree trained to grow as a single stem bearing fruit
Verb
cordon off to put or form a cordon round [Old French: a little cord]

Cordon a continuous line or circle of persons or objects forming a barrier around a person, place, or building; a string or row of stones. See also chain.
Examples: cordon of admirers, 1854; of strike pickets; of police, 1883; cordon sanitaire; of troops.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cordon - a series of sentinels or of military posts enclosing or guarding some place or thing
series - similar things placed in order or happening one after another; "they were investigating a series of bank robberies"
2.cordon - cord or ribbon worn as an insignia of honor or rank
insignia - a badge worn to show official position
3.cordon - adornment consisting of an ornamental ribbon or cord
adornment - a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness

cordon
cordon something off surround, isolate, close off, fence off, separate, enclose, picket, encircle
Translations
cordon [ˈkɔːdn] ncordón m
cordon off vtacordonar

cordon [ˈkɔːdn] ncordon m
cordon off vt [+ area] → interdire l'accès à [+ crowd]; tenir à l'écart

cordon [ˈkɔːdn] nKordon m, Absperrkette f
cordon off cordon vt (area) → absperren, abriegeln;

cordon [ˈkɔːdn] ncordone m
cordon off vtfare cordone intorno a

cordon
n cordon [ˈkoːdn]
a line of sentries or policemen to prevent people from entering an area They've put a cordon round the house where the bomb is planted. kordon نِطاق مِن الشُّرطَه أو الجُنود кордон kordón (policie) kæde; -kæde; afspærring die Absperrkette κλοιός cordón (policial) valveahelik کمربند حفاظتی پلیس vartioketju, poliisiketju cordon (de police) שַׁרשֶרֶת חַיָה घेरा kordon, krug kordon barisan penjagaan varðhringur cordone 非常線 (경찰의) 비상선 kordonas kordons kepungan kordon sperring kordon cordão cordon (de poliţie) кордон kordón kordon kordon avspärrningskedja, kordong แถวของตำรวจหรือทหารที่ล้อมเพื่อป้องกัน kordon 警戒線 кордон سپاهيوں کا حلق‍ہ، گ‍ھ‍یرا hàng rào cảnh sát 警戒线
cordon off
to enclose with a cordon The police cordoned off the area where the gunman was. 'n kordon span يُطوِّق، يَضرِبُ نِطاقا заграждам uzavřít kordónem afspærre abriegeln αποκλείω acordonar ahelikuga piirama محاصره کردن؛ حلقۀ محافظتی کشیدن eristää interdire l'accès à לַחֲסוֹם בְּשַׁרשֶרֶת חַיָה घेरा okružiti (kordonom) kordonnal lezár menutup dengan barisan penjagaan afgirða isolare 非常線を張る 비상선을 치다 apsupti (kordonais) aplenkt (ar policiju u.tml.) mengepung afzetten sperre av otaczać (kordonem) fechar a interzice accesul la оцеплять uzavrieť kordónom obkoliti napraviti kordon spärra av ปิดล้อม kordon altına almak, kuşatmak 用警戒線圍住 огороджувати; оточувати حفاظتى گ‍ھ‍یرا ڈالنا cách ly hoặc bao vây cái gì bằng hàng rào cảnh sát 警戒线


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It was the middle-watch; a fair moonlight; the seamen were standing in a cordon, extending from one of the fresh-water butts in the waist, to the scuttle-butt near the taffrail.
About eleven a company of soldiers came through Horsell, and deployed along the edge of the common to form a cordon.
Shouldn't we put a cordon round to prevent the rest from running away?
 
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