Explore Cordon through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like insignia or adornment. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Cordon meaning
- A ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc.
- A line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it.
- The arc of fielders on the off side, behind the batsman: the slips and gully.
Using Cordon
- The main meaning on this page is: A ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc. | A line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it. | The arc of fielders on the off side, behind the batsman: the slips and gully.
- Useful related words include: insignia, adornment.
- In the example corpus, cordon often appears in combinations such as: the cordon, police cordon, cordon was.
Context around Cordon
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cordon
- In this selection, "cordon" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, police, large, inner, bleu, surrounding and throughout stand out and add context to how "cordon" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a large cordon is in and at le cordon bleu in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cordon" sits close to words such as affiliates, amplifier and artificially, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cordon
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A police cordon was in place at Clune Brae this morning. (11 words)
A police officer at the police cordon on Friday (January 27). (11 words)
Army and police put the area in cordon throughout the night. (11 words)
A joint cordon and search operation was launched by the army and police on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday after noticing suspicious movement in the forest area of Dassal Gujran near Rajouri, a defence official said. (38 words)
Teyf and his son Elan both studied at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, while Tollan (David’s other son and the apparent black sheep of the family) studied at Le Cordon Bleu in Madrid. (34 words)
A large cordon is in place on the Stowlawn playing fields with a blue tent clearly visible in the middle of the green and a number of police vehicles and officers in the area. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Teyf and his son Elan both studied at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, while Tollan (David’s other son and the apparent black sheep of the family) studied at Le Cordon Bleu in Madrid.
Our reporter added: "There are two police vans within the cordon and police cars at each end of an inner cordon and at the top by Court Lane.
The cordon, or fruiting wire, is a few feet off the surface, and catch wires above the cordon are used to train shoot growth in an upward direction.
A bunch of flowers could be seen next to the forensic tent inside the police cordon where a 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death in Croydon, PA reports.
A cordon and search operation was launched by the forces on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday when the gun battle broke out in the area, sources said.
A cordon has been set up and is expected to remain in place for some time while investigations continue.
A cordon was in place around the address in the aftermath of the incident.
A cordon was put in place around a Tesco Express on the corner of Reeds Lane and Birket Avenue following the incident as police investigated.
A friend of the victim, named locally as Matthew, said they found out about his death after driving past the pub and seeing the police cordon.
A joint cordon and search operation was launched by the army and police on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday after noticing suspicious movement in the forest area of Dassal Gujran near Rajouri, a defence official said.
A large cordon is in place between Vane Street and Freehold Street, off Spring Bank, following an incident on Monday evening.
A large cordon is in place on the Stowlawn playing fields with a blue tent clearly visible in the middle of the green and a number of police vehicles and officers in the area.
A large cordon was seen being put into place in Market Place.
A large police presence and cordon in town centre was in response to a sudden death, police confirm.
A number of police vehicles can be seen below Willington Dene Viaduct, with a huge cordon surrounding the area.
A police cordon has been put in place near a North Tyneside viaduct.
A police cordon was in place at Clune Brae this morning.
A police officer at the police cordon on Friday (January 27).
Army and police put the area in cordon throughout the night.
Around 200 people have been evacuated with a 25-metre cordon in place.
Common combinations with cordon
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the cordon 38×
- police cordon 37×
- cordon was 25×
- cordon and 17×
- cordon in 16×
- cordon off 14×
- cordon has 12×
- cordon is 11×
- and cordon 10×
- security cordon 9×