Border

Quick meaning: Border is a noun meaning The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.

Meaning

The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.

More Meanings

1. The outer edge of something.
2. A decorative strip around the edge of something.
3. A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
4. (British, uncountable) Border morris or border dancing.
5. (computing) A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string.
6. (transitive) To put a border on something.
7. (transitive) To form a border around; to bound.

Example Sentences

in the borders of death

the borders of the garden

upon the borders of these solitudes

There’s a nice frilly border around the picture frame.

Word Forms

• borders
• bordering
• bordered

Synonyms for border

Depending on context, synonyms include butt, edge, frame, margin, skirt, perimeter.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include edge, surround, abut, frame, delimitation, adjoin.

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