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US
/ˈkɔɹdən/
]
[ UK /kˈɔːdən/ ]
[ UK /kˈɔːdən/ ]
NOUN
- adornment consisting of an ornamental ribbon or cord
- a series of sentinels or of military posts enclosing or guarding some place or thing
- cord or ribbon worn as an insignia of honor or rank
How To Use cordon In A Sentence
- The cordonnet of Alençon is the only one which has horsehair for its foundation. Chats on Old Lace and Needlework
- Nato was accused of trying to throw a cordon sanitaire around Russia.
- Police cordoned off part of the city centre.
- Gilli, a cordon bleu chef, suggests ‘roasting unpeeled cloves of porcelain garlic with potatoes and olive oil in the oven for 40 minutes at 180 C’.
- For the first time in 80 years, three of the four processions for the end of Holy Week, Semana Santa, were cancelled, thanks to mad billows blowing over every banner and stanchion and cordon, rain guttering from every rooftop, children's fingers growing waxy. Wind and heavy rain greet Britons who headed for Spanish sun at Easter
- Louisa Gouliamaki/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Greek riot police clashed with hundreds of people protesting austerity measures who tried to break a cordon outside Parliament. Anger in Athens
- Security cordons around the airport were quickly put in place, removed, then reinstalled. Times, Sunday Times
- The property and the adjacent house were cordoned off and an ambulance was put on standby near the scene.
- Down the hall, separated by a cordon sanitaire of three intervening rooms, yet another lawyer was ploughing through Butler's work, also using pen and paper.
- Demonstrators tried to break through the police cordon.