1
: a pen or enclosure for confining or capturing livestock
herded the cattle into the corral
2
: an enclosure made with wagons for defense of an encampment
corralled; corralling
1
: to enclose in a corral (see corral entry 1 sense 1)
corralled the horses
2
: to arrange (wagons) so as to form a corral (see corral entry 1 sense 2)
Examples of corral in a Sentence
Noun
the horses live in our corral, along with a cow
Verb
corralled everyone in the conference room for a speech by the CEO
corralled a scattering of stray pens and quickly stuffed them in the drawer to tidy the desk
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Waiting there was a coyote in a small space made to look like a corral.
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Michigan is fresh off corralling 16 of its own misses against those same Aggies, so the Wolverines could find major success on the glass.
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Noun
Because valuable parking lot real estate has been set aside for a cart corral, go ahead and use it.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Waiting there was a coyote in a small space made to look like a corral.
—Michelle F. Solomon and, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
Verb
Read on for our best tips for corralling, organizing, and storing towels.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2025
Michigan is fresh off corralling 16 of its own misses against those same Aggies, so the Wolverines could find major success on the glass.
—Jim Root, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Corral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corral. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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corral
1 of 2 noun
cor·ral
kə-ˈral 
1
: a pen for keeping or capturing livestock
2
: an enclosure made with wagons for defense of a camp
corral
2 of 2 verb
corralled; corralling
1
: to keep in or as if in a corral
2
3
: to arrange wagons so as to form a corral
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