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Bordering

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Bordering is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of border.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of border.

More Meanings

  1. Having a common boundary or border
  2. A pattern or ornament forming a border.

Example Sentences

France and Spain are bordering nations.
White silk borderings and silver buckles.
King Pyrrhus was at dinner at an ale-house bordering on the theatre, when he was summoned to go on the stage.

Word Forms

Synonyms for bordering

Depending on context, synonyms include adjacent, contiguous, adjoining, abutting, conterminous.

adjacentcontiguousadjoiningabuttingconterminous

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include abutting, adjacent, adjoining, contiguous, connected, conterminous.

abuttingadjacentadjoiningcontiguousconnectedconterminousboundaryfrontiersurroundingrimlimitrestrictingjunctionalongsideneighboringneighbouringboundinglininglying

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