cordon

[US]/'kɔːd(ə)n/
[UK]/'kɔrdn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a line of people or ships stationed to guard or control access
vt. to surround or block off with a line of people or ships
Word Forms
Past Participlecordoned
Present Participlecordoning
Pluralcordons
Past Tensecordoned

Phrases & Collocations

cordon off

cordon tape

cordon area

Example Sentences

a cordon bleu chef.

a cordon of policemen

troops threw a cordon around the headquarters.

There is a tight security cordon around the area.

these rules help to reinforce the cordon sanitaire around Whitehall.

a section of the runway had been cordoned off.

the stewards had thrown a cordon across the fairway.

Troops cordoned off the riot zone.

The roads were cordoned off.

Police cordoned off the area until the bomb was defused.

Police officers threw a cordon around his car to protect him.

the city centre was cordoned off after fires were discovered in two stores.

Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic.

Her Aunt Lupe and Uncle Dennis found a caterer in Tijuana, Mexico, who would serve chicken cordon bleu for $7 a person.

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