I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a police cordon (= a line of police officers who are preventing people going somewhere )
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The demonstrators tried to break through a police cordon.
cordon bleu cookery (= in the style of traditional French cooking of a high standard )
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She did a course in cordon bleu cookery.
cordon bleu
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a cordon bleu chef
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Rock-throwing protesters broke through the police cordon .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But on Dec. 25, Milosevic banned street demonstrations and deployed cordons of heavily armed riot police to block the parades.
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F1 Prisca Yields four fruits to the pound; forms five trusses, then stops; ideal for small greenhouses, cordon .
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Looking back, the precipitous shreds of sheeting rain effectively sanctioned a cordon between himself and what had gone before.
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The police reacted swiftly and a man who broke through their cordon was brought down by a rugby tackle and arrested.
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There they were met by a cordon of police, standing in front of a barrier of police tenders.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Most of the building is closed off, under repair, with ropes cordoning off huge sections.
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The authorities were taken aback, and took the unprecedented step of cordoning off the painting.
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You had to chase him off from where you were cordoning off the slip.