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cordons

cordons is the plural of cordon.

Meaning of cordon

Noun

cordon (plural cordons)

  1. (archaic) A ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc.
  2. A line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it.
  3. The arc of fielders on the off side, behind the batsman: the slips and gully.
  4. A woody plant, such as a fruit tree, pruned and trained to grow as a single stem on a support.

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Proper noun capitalized: Cordons

Cordons

  1. (plural) plural of Cordon

Phrases with cordons

Questions about cordons

What is cordons the plural of?
Cordons is the plural of cordon.
What part of speech is cordons?
Cordons is a proper noun.

Words near cordons in the dictionary

  1. cordoned off
  2. cordoning
  3. cordoning off
  4. cordonnet
  5. cordonnets
  6. cordons
  7. cordons bleus
  8. cordons off
  9. cordons sanitaires
  10. cordopexies
  11. cordopexy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cordons (page history and authors); Cordons (page history and authors); cordon (page history and authors). 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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