cordon
/ˈkɔː(ɹ)dən/
cordon noun: a ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc.
Noun
cordon (plural cordons)
- A ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc.
- A line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it.
- The arc of fielders on the off side, behind the batsman: the slips and gully.
- A woody plant, such as a fruit tree, pruned and trained to grow as a single stem on a support.
Verb
cordon (third-person singular simple present cordons, present participle cordoning, simple past and past participle cordoned)
- Synonym of cordon off.
- Strong detachments of infantry instead of gendarmes cordoned the streets leading to the Lycée.1899, William Harding, Dreyfus: the Prisoner of Devil's Island, page 121
- Synonyms:
- cordon off
Proper noun capitalized: Cordon
Cordon (plural Cordons)
- A surname.
cordon meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam
cordon in Tamil
- தடுப்பெல்லை வேலி, பாதுகாப்பு வளையம், உதைகல்வரிசை, கயிற்றுவேலி
cordon in Bengali
- কর্ডন
cordon in Telugu
- కోర్డన్
cordon in Malayalam
- കാവൽസൈന്യനിര, പ്രതിരോധ നിര, സേനാവലയം
More languagesFewer languages
- cordon in Kannada
- ಬಳಸು ಕಾವಲು, ರಕ್ಷಕ ಕಾವಲು, ಪೋಲೀಸರ ಕಾವಲು, ಸೈನಿಕರ ಪಡೆ
- cordon in Odia
- କର୍ଡନ୍, କର୍ଡନ, କର୍ଡନ୍ |
- cordon in Nepali
- कर्डन, कोर्डन, कर्डोन
Examples of cordon in a sentence
- A portion of the office was cordoned off during the outsiders' tour.
- The police cordoned off the street while they investigated the accident.
- A man walks past the cordoned off entrance to a quarantine hotel in Taipei’s Tatung District yesterday.
Synonyms of cordon
Forms of cordon
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cordons |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | cordons |
| present participle | cordoning |
| past participle | cordoned |
| past | cordoned |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Cordons |
Origin of cordon
From Middle English cordon, from Middle French cordon, from Old French cordon, diminutive of corde. More at cord.
Words formed from cordon
Phrases with cordon
Words that rhyme with cordon
Questions about cordon
- What does cordon mean?
- Cordon means a ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc.
- What is cordon in Tamil?
- Cordon in Tamil is தடுப்பெல்லை வேலி, பாதுகாப்பு வளையம், உதைகல்வரிசை. See Cordon meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cordon?
- Cordon can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce cordon?
- Cordon is pronounced /ˈkɔː(ɹ)dən/.
- What is the plural of cordon?
- The plural of cordon is cordons.
Words near cordon in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cordon (page history and authors); Cordon (page history and authors); cordon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cordon (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cordon (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cordon (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cordon (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cordon (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cordon (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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