Synonyms for cordon
ˈkɔr dncor·don

Princeton's WordNet

1. cordonnoun

   a series of sentinels or of military posts enclosing or guarding some place or thing

2. cordonnoun

   cord or ribbon worn as an insignia of honor or rank

3. cordonnoun

   adornment consisting of an ornamental ribbon or cord

Matched Categories

1. • Adornment
   • Insignia
   • Series

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1. List of paraphrases for "cordon":

   cord, bead, umbilical, lanyard, besiege, belt

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1. Christophe Mercier:

   This is the first time that insects have been granted access to the Cordon Bleu.

2. Eugene Volokh:

   On government property, even in an airport outside the security cordon, bans on leafleting and other' low footprint' speech would be unconstitutional.

3. Akhilesh Yadav:

   When someone can be killed in firing openly amidst the security cordon of the police, then what about the safety of the general public.

4. Yuriy Glodan:

   We crossed over the police cordon, and made it up to the fourth floor, where my apartment was, when I got there, it was hard to figure out what I was looking at, a room... water had poured out everywhere. There was fire, smoke, torn pieces of metal all around. All the appliances looked like crumpled aluminum foil.