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cordoned

cordoned is the simple past and past participle of cordon.

Meaning of cordon

Verb

cordon (third-person singular simple present cordons, present participle cordoning, simple past and past participle cordoned)

  1. (transitive) 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

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Words formed from cordoned

Phrases with cordoned

Questions about cordoned

What is cordoned the simple past and past participle of?
Cordoned is the simple past and past participle of cordon.

Words near cordoned in the dictionary

  1. cordon sanitaire
  2. cordon-bleu
  3. cordon-bleus
  4. cordonbleu
  5. cordonbleus
  6. cordoned
  7. cordoned off
  8. cordoning
  9. cordoning off
  10. cordonnet
  11. cordonnets

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