border
pronunciation
How to pronounce border in British English:
UK [ˈbɔːdə(r)]
How to pronounce border in American English:
US [ˈbɔːrdər]
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- Noun:
- a line that indicates a boundary
- the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
- the boundary of a surface
- a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge
- a strip forming the outer edge of something
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- Verb:
- extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
- form the boundary of; be contiguous to
- enclose in or as if in a frame
- provide with a border or edge
- lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
Word Origin
- border
- border: [14] English acquired border from Old French bordure. This came from the common Romance verb *bordāre ‘border’, which was based on *bordus ‘edge’, a word of Germanic origin whose source, *borthaz, was the same as that of English board in the sense ‘side of a ship’.=> board
- border (n.)
- mid-14c., from Old French bordure "seam, edge of a shield, border," from Frankish *bord or a similar Germanic source (compare Old English bord "side;" see board (n.2)). The geopolitical sense first attested 1530s, in Scottish (replacing earlier march), from The Borders, name of the district adjoining the boundary between England and Scotland.
- border (v.)
- c. 1400, "to put a border on;" 1640s as "to lie on the border of," from border (n.). Related: Bordered; bordering.
Synonym
frill ruffle welt bordering orphrey trimming binding ruff selvage beading valance flounce flouncing list galloon skirting furbelow edging purfle purfling frilling fimbriation
side limits termination bourn rim verge margin brow outer compass limit confines extremity edge brim pale circumference city borderland ambit brink skirt periphery fringe bound circuit frame outline hem perimeter
Example
- 1. It will eventually run to the indian border .
- 2. Drones peer over the border at sinai .
- 3. Dollars and pesos cross the border between america and mexico in greater numbers than ever .
- 4. The star tip also makes a pretty border around the cake .
- 5. Or establish clear points of access other than the border with mexico .