name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
corral
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/kəˈɹæl/
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/kəˈɹɑːl/
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rhymes with -æl
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CMU ARPABET: K ER0 AE1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- We had a small corral out back where we kept our pet llama.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An enclosure or area to concentrate a dispersed group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Please return the shopping carts to the corral.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 4
A circle of wagons, either for the purpose of trapping livestock, or for defense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The wagon train formed a corral to protect against Comanche attacks.
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 5
To capture or round up.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Between us, we managed to corral the puppies in the kitchen.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To place inside of a corral.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- After we corralled the last steer, we headed off to the chuck wagon for dinner.
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verb
Meaning 7
To make a circle of vehicles, as of wagons so as to form a corral.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The cattle drivers corralled their wagons for the night.
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noun
Meaning 8
a pen for cattle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cow pen, cattle pen
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pen
verb
Meaning 9
collect or gather
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- corralling votes for an election
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard
verb
Meaning 10
arrange wagons so that they form a corral
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: arrange, set up
verb
Meaning 11
enclose in a corral
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- corral the horses
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: enclose, close in, inclose, shut in
History
Etymology
From Spanish corral. Doublet of kraal.
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: corral — enclosure for livestock
- Chinese Mandarin: 畜欄 /畜栏 (chùlán) — enclosure for livestock
- Finnish: aitaus — enclosure for livestock
- Finnish: haka — enclosure for livestock
- French: corral — enclosure for livestock
- Galician: curro — enclosure for livestock
- Galician: curral — enclosure for livestock
- German: Einpferchung — enclosure for livestock
- German: Gehege — enclosure for livestock
- German: Viehhof — enclosure for livestock
- German: Viehpferch — enclosure for livestock
- Greek: μαντρί (mantrí) — enclosure for livestock
- Greek: στάνη (stáni) — enclosure for livestock
- Hungarian: karám — enclosure for livestock
- Hunsrik: Koraal — enclosure for livestock
- Italian: recinto — enclosure for livestock
- Japanese: 囲い (kakoi) — enclosure for livestock
- Māori: pākaka — enclosure for livestock
- Old Galician-Portuguese: curral — enclosure for livestock
- Polish: corral — enclosure for livestock
- Portuguese: curral — enclosure for livestock
- Portuguese: cercado — enclosure for livestock
- Romanian: stână — enclosure for livestock
- Russian: заго́н (zagón) — enclosure for livestock
- Slovak: ohrada — enclosure for livestock
- Spanish: corral — enclosure for livestock
- Spanish: cortil — enclosure for livestock
- Spanish: corraliza — enclosure for livestock
- Spanish: ensenada — enclosure for livestock
- Spanish: redil — enclosure for livestock
- Spanish: telera — enclosure for livestock
- Turkish: ağıl — enclosure for livestock
- Turkish: konak yeri — enclosure for livestock
- Ukrainian: загі́н (zahín) — enclosure for livestock
- Yakut: дал (dal) — enclosure for livestock
- Finnish: karsina — enclosure or area to concentrate a dispersed group
- Portuguese: cercado — enclosure or area to concentrate a dispersed group
- Finnish: rinki — circle of wagons
- German: Wagenburg — circle of wagons
- Hungarian: szekérvár — circle of wagons
- Finnish: kerätä — capture or round up
- Finnish: saartaa — capture or round up
- Finnish: ottaa kiinni — capture or round up
- Finnish: kaapata — capture or round up
- Finnish: poimia — capture or round up
- Galician: acurrar — capture or round up
- Italian: riunire — capture or round up
- Polish: zgarniać — capture or round up
- Polish: zgarnąć — capture or round up
- Spanish: acorralar — capture or round up
- Catalan: acorralar — place inside of a corral
- Catalan: encorralar — place inside of a corral
- Chinese Mandarin: 豢養 /豢养 (huànyǎng) — place inside of a corral
- Finnish: ajaa aitaukseen — place inside of a corral
- Galician: acurrar — place inside of a corral
- Portuguese: encurralar — place inside of a corral
- Spanish: acorralar — place inside of a corral
- Spanish: acorralar — make a circle of vehicles