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- [kawr-dn]
- /ˈkɔr dn/
- /ˈkɔː.dən/
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- [kawr-dn]
- /ˈkɔr dn/
Definitions of cordon word
- countable noun cordon A cordon is a line or ring of police, soldiers, or vehicles preventing people from entering or leaving an area. 3
- noun cordon a chain of police, soldiers, ships, etc, stationed around an area 3
- noun cordon a ribbon worn as insignia of honour or rank 3
- noun cordon a cord or ribbon worn as an ornament or fastening 3
- noun cordon an ornamental projecting band or continuous moulding along a wall 3
- noun cordon a form of fruit tree consisting of a single stem bearing fruiting spurs, produced by cutting back all lateral branches 3
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Origin of cordon
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; Middle English < Middle French, diminutive of corde
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Parts of speech for Cordon
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cordon popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cordon
noun cordon
- insignia — singular of insignia.
- pin — Personal Identification Number
- stamp — to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
- symbol — something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something, often something immaterial; emblem, token, or sign.
- token — something serving to represent or indicate some fact, event, feeling, etc.; sign: Black is a token of mourning.
verb cordon
- sequester — to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement; seclude.
- segregate — to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate: to segregate exceptional children; to segregate hardened criminals.
- confine — To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
- separate — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- seclude — to place in or withdraw into solitude; remove from social contact and activity, etc.
Antonyms for cordon
noun cordon
- inside — on the inner side or part of; within: inside the circle; inside the envelope.
- interior — being within; inside of anything; internal; inner; further toward a center: the interior rooms of a house.
- middle — equally distant from the extremes or outer limits; central: the middle point of a line; the middle singer in a trio.
- stagnation — the state or condition of stagnating, or having stopped, as by ceasing to run or flow: Meteorologists forecast ozone and air stagnation.
- center — a point equally distant from all points on the circumference of a circle or surface of a sphere
verb cordon
- combine — If you combine two or more things or if they combine, they exist together.
- desegregate — To desegregate something such as a place, institution, or service means to officially stop keeping the people who use it in separate groups, especially groups that are defined by race.
- unite — to join, combine, or incorporate so as to form a single whole or unit.
- release — to lease again.
- join — to bring in contact, connect, or bring or put together: to join hands; to join pages with a staple.
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