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Dictionary: cor·don   (kôr'dn) pronunciation

n.
  1. A line of people, military posts, or ships stationed around an area to enclose or guard it.
  2. A cord or braid worn as a fastening or ornament.
  3. A ribbon usually worn diagonally across the breast as a badge of honor or decoration.
  4. Architecture. A stringcourse.
  5. Botany. A tree or shrub, especially a fruit tree such as an apple or pear, repeatedly pruned and trained to grow on a support as a single ropelike stem.
tr.v., -doned, -don·ing, -dons.
To form a cordon around (an area) so as to prevent movement in or out: Troops cordoned off the riot zone.

[French, from Old French, diminutive of corde, cord. See cord.]


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1. A stringcourse or belt course.
2. A semi-circular masonry projection, placed at the top of a wall, to discharge water to each side.



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A thin raised band of clay which is applied horizontally around the exterior body of a pottery vessel prior to firing, either for ornament or to aid grip.


A tree or shrub, especially a fruit tree such as an apple or a pear, repeatedly pruned and trained to grow on a support as a single ropelike stem.

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Cordon may refer to:

  • Cordón Industrial (plural Cordones Industriales) is an organ of popular power, direct or workers democracy. Many of these organs of popular power were formed in Chile during the Popular Unity government between 1970-1973.
  • A cordon (plant), the descriptive term for a particular style of pruning woody plants. Single plants can be pruned to have single or multiple cordons in a number of styles. Plants which are commonly pruned in this manner include grapes, peaches, and other stone fruits.
  • A cordon is also a line of people, military posts, or ships surrounding an area to close or guard it.
    • In cricket, fielders can form what is termed the "slips cordon".
  • It is also a cord or braid used as a fastening or ornament.
  • Cordon Bleu is also a ribbon worn diagonally across the breast as a badge of honor or decoration. In French it is also a mock title given to an expert cook (un cordon-bleu) and a recipe for veal steak (escalope cordon-bleu).
  • Cordon is a commune of the Haute-Savoie département in France
  • Cordon, Isabela, a municipality in the Philippines
  • Cordon a village on the Isle of Arran
  • In ceramic technology a cordon is a strip of clay added around the outside of a pot for decoration or to help with handling.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - afspærring, pyntesnor, ordensbånd, snortræ, kragbånd, kordongesims
v. tr. - afspærre

idioms:

  • cordon bleu    førsteklasses, gastronomisk, mesterkok
  • cordon off    afspærre

Nederlands (Dutch)
kordon, ordelintje, snoerboom

Français (French)
n. - cordon
v. tr. - contenir (foule), boucler (rue)

idioms:

  • cordon bleu    cordon-bleu
  • cordon off    contenir, boucler

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kordon, Kette
v. - absperren, abriegeln

idioms:

  • cordon bleu    Meisterkoch
  • cordon off    absperren, abriegeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κορδόνι, σιρίτι, γαϊτάνι, κλοιός, κυκλική ζώνη, (αρχιτ.) στεφάνη, διάζωμα
v. - περικυκλώνω, περιζώνω

idioms:

  • cordon bleu    μάγειρας κλάσεως
  • cordon off    αποκλείω, σχηματίζω κλοιό αποκλεισμού

Italiano (Italian)
cordone

idioms:

  • cordon bleu    cordon bleu
  • cordon off    far cordone attorno, isolare, circondare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cordão (m), cordão (m) de isolamento
v. - isolar

idioms:

  • cordon bleu    fita (f) azul, cozinheiro (m) exímio
  • cordon off    isolar através de um cordão

Русский (Russian)
кордон, лента

idioms:

  • cordon bleu    знак высокого отличия, первоклассный специалист
  • cordon off    оцепить

Español (Spanish)
n. - cordón
v. tr. - acordonar

idioms:

  • cordon bleu    cocinero de primera clase
  • cordon off    acordonar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kordong, ordensband, murkrans (byggn.)
v. - spärra av

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
哨兵线, 绶章, 饰带, 飞檐层, 用警戒线围住

idioms:

  • cordon bleu    蓝缎带, 崇高的荣誉
  • cordon off    以警戒线包围, 封锁

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 哨兵線, 綬章, 飾帶, 飛簷層
v. tr. - 用警戒線圍住

idioms:

  • cordon bleu    藍緞帶, 崇高的榮譽
  • cordon off    以警戒線包圍, 封鎖

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 비상선, 장식끈
v. tr. - 비상선을 치다, 교통을 차단하다

idioms:

  • cordon off    교통을 차단하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 非常線, 綬章

idioms:

  • cordon bleu    名人, 一流のコック
  • cordon off    周囲に非常線を張る, への交通を遮断する, 非常線を張る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نطاق, حصار, حاجز (فعل) طوق, حوط بنطاق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חגורת ביטחון (מסביב), סרט-כבוד, עץ גזום, גדר מיטלטלת משטרתית‬
v. tr. - ‮סגר או הפריד בגדר משטרתית‬


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