To restrict access to a particular area by using a rope, tape, or other means. A noun or pronoun can be used between "cordon" and "off." That section of the restaurant has been cordoned off for a private party.Somebody famous must be here if they've cordoned the whole first floor off!The bouncers let a bunch of people in but cordoned off the door when we got to the front of the line!
to mark off an area where people should not go with a rope, tape, ribbon, etc. The police cordoned the scene of the crime off, and we could not even get close.They cordoned off the area.
Officials at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport were forced to cordon off part of a service lane on 17 August 2002 after a package containing radioactive material was discovered.
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