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1. (n.) cordon
a line of police, sentinels, military posts, warships, etc., enclosing or guarding an area.
2. cordon
a cord, braid, or ribbon worn as an ornament, fastening, or badge.
3. cordon
a stringcourse, esp. one having little or no projection, on the face of a building.
4. (v.t.) cordon
to surround or blockade with or as if with a cordon (often fol. by off).
Etymology: (1400–50; ME < MF, dim. of corde)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) cordon
a series of sentinels or of military posts enclosing or guarding some place or thing
2. (noun) cordon
cord or ribbon worn as an insignia of honor or rank
3. (noun) cordon
adornment consisting of an ornamental ribbon or cord
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) cordon
a cord or ribbon bestowed or borne as a badge of honor; a broad ribbon, usually worn after the manner of a baldric, constituting a mark of a very high grade in an honorary order. Cf. Grand cordon
2. (noun) cordon
the cord worn by a Franciscan friar
3. (noun) cordon
the coping of the scarp wall, which projects beyong the face of the wall a few inches
4. (noun) cordon
a line or series of sentinels, or of military posts, inclosing or guarding any place or thing
5. (noun) cordon
a rich and ornamental lace or string, used to secure a mantle in some costumes of state
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Sense: a line of sentries or policemen to prevent people from entering an area
They've put a cordon round the house where the bomb is planted.
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 Afrikaans: kordon |
 Arabic: نِطاق مِن الشُّرطَه أو ال |
 Bulgarian: кордон |
 Brazilian: cordão de isolamento |
 Czech: kordón (policie) |
 German: die Absperrkette |
 Danish: kæde; -kæde; afspærring |
 Greek: κλοιός |
 Spanish: cordón (policial) |
 Estonian: valveahelik |
 Farsi: کمربند حفاظتی پلیس |
 Finnish: poliisiketju |
 French: cordon (de police) |
 Hebrew: שַׁרשֶרֶת חַיָה |
 Hindi: घेरा |
 Croatian: kordon, krug |
 Hungarian: kordon |
 Indonesian: barisan penjagaan |
 Icelandic: varðhringur |
 Italian: cordone |
 Japanese: 非常線 |
 Korean: 비상선 |
 Lithuanian: kordonas |
 Latvian: kordons |
 Malay: kepungan |
 Dutch: kordon |
 Norwegian: sperring |
 Polish: kordon |
 Persian: کمربند حفاظتی پلیس |
 Pashto: پټۍ، نښان (دعزت): ملاوستن |
 Portuguese: cordão |
 Romanian: cordon (de poliţie) |
 Russian: кордон |
 Slovak: kordón |
 Slovenian: kordon |
 Serbian: kordon |
 Swedish: avspärrningskedja, kordon |
 Thai: แถวของตำรวจหรือทหารที่ล้อ |
 Turkish: kordon |
 Taiwanese: 警戒線 |
 Ukrainian: кордон |
 Urdu: سپاهيوں کا حلقہ، گھیرا |
 Vietnamese: hàng rào cảnh sát |
 Chinese: 警戒线 |
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