corral

C1 Topic:Animals
US /kəˈɹæl/
verb noun Freq #17977

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to collect or gather

    Corralling votes for an election.

  2. 2
    verb

    to enclose in a corral

    Corral the horses.

  3. 3
    noun

    An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.

    We had a small corral out back where we kept our pet llama.

  4. 4
    noun

    An enclosure or area to concentrate a dispersed group.

    Please return the shopping carts to the corral.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to collect or gather gather
3 noun · an enclosure for livestock,... penstockade
Word family
Derived forms corralercorrallerturtle-corral
Related forms crawlkraal

Etymology

From Spanish corral. Doublet of kraal.

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