corral
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5.3
- noun
- /kəˈræl/
- US
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corral
- A matched team of Belgian workhorses were in the corral along with a sleek-looking sorrel mare.
- build a corral
This is in New Jersey, split children walking around a corral on one horse led by a rope by like, the owner.
- This is in New Jersey, split children walking around a corral on one horse led by a rope by like, the owner.
- If you want a better life, you return your shopping cart to the cart corral your kind of cats, dogs, children and older folks.
- The stock horse turned to walk back to the corral while the stable cat crept silently off into the night.
Examples
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We built a new corral to accommodate the growing number of horses on the ranch.
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I took the gray back to the corral and put him inside with the bay colt.
Fiction book (1994) -
You know that wild horse you got in the corral?
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You think you can get her out to the corral?
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Go on, move it to the corral.
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I saw Charlie walking down to the corral from the ranch house.
Fiction book (1991) -
You two are trading horses and you need me in the corral.
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The ewes were in the corral where my father had penned them a few days ago.
Fiction book (1992) -
On this property, there is a bunkhouse and some large corrals to handle cattle.
Academic text (1992) -
The cattle were safely kept inside the corral to protect them from predators.
Synonyms
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3.4
A small enclosed field where animals such as horses graze or exercise
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6.3
A fenced area where people keep animals like cows and sheep before transport or slaughter
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3.1
A small fenced area where farmers keep animals before moving them
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2.1
An enclosure for keeping cattle like cows and bulls
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1.6
A fenced area where farmers keep cows
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5.1
A fenced area where animals like sheep wait briefly before someone moves them
An enclosed area where farmers keep animals for a short time before moving them
A small fenced area that holds animals like sheep or cattle for a short time
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Etymology
Corral comes from the Spanish word corral, which means 'yard' or 'pen' for animals, so a corral is a fenced place to keep horses or cattle.