Border
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English
Noun
Border (plural Borders)- The outer edge of something.
- (cartography) The area of a map or chart lying between the neatline and the surrounding framework.
- A decorative strip around the edge of something.
- A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
- The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
- (UK) Short form of border morris or border dancing; a vigorous style of traditional English dance originating from villages along the border between England and Wales, performed by a team of dancers usually with their faces disguised with black make up.
Verb
Border (third-person singular simple present Borders, present participle Bordering, simple past and past participle Bordered)
- (transitive) To put a border on something.
- (transitive) To lie on, or adjacent to a border.
Adjectives for Border
remote; rickety; dusky; inscribed; gaudy; beauteous; eternal; secluded; variegated;terraced; populous.
Verbs for Border
adjust—; broaden— establish—; extend-—; mark—; mass through—; patrol— safeguard—; skirt— bounds; —limits; — -; define—; enlarge—; —; fortify—; illustrate at—; menace—; pass ; post at—; ravage—; touch—widen—; —-margins; —outlines.
Synonyms for Border
brim, edge, brink, trimming, margin, rim, boundary, verge, confine, frontier, limit, termination, extremity, end.
Antonyms for Border
center, region, interior, territory, inside.
Derived terms
Thesaurus
Berlin wall, Japanese garden, Pillars of Hercules, abut, abut on, act drop, adjoin, alpine garden, ambit, approach, approximate, arboretum, arena, asbestos, asbestos board, backdrop, bailiwick, bamboo curtain, bank, batten, be contiguous, be in contact, beam, beat, bed, befringe, beginning, bind, binding, board, bog garden, border ground, border on, borderland, borderline, borders, bordure, botanical garden, bound, boundary, bounds, brim, brink, broadside, brow, butt, cheek, chop, circle, circuit, circumference, circumscribe, cloth, coast, communicate, compare, confine, confines, conjoin, connect, contour, cortex, coulisse, counterweight, covering, crust, curtain, curtain board, cyclorama, dado, decor, define, delineate, demesne, department, domain, dominion, door, drop, drop curtain, dry garden, edge, edging, encircle, enclose, end, enframe, entrance, envelope, epidermis, exterior, external, extremity, facade, face, facet, featheredge, field, fire curtain, flange, flank, flat, flipper, flower bed, flower garden, frame, frieze, fringe, front, frontier, frontier post, garden, garden spot, grape ranch, grapery, hand, handedness, hanging, haunch, hem, hemisphere, herbarium, hip, hortus siccus, integument, iron curtain, jardin, join, jowl, judicial circuit, jurisdiction, kitchen garden, labellum, labium, labrum, lap, laterality, ledge, lie by, limb, limbus, limit, limits, line, lineaments, lines, lip, list, many-sidedness, march, marches, marchland, marge, margin, marginate, mark off, market garden, metes and bounds, multilaterality, near, neighbor, orb, orbit, ornamental garden, outer face, outer layer, outer side, outer skin, outline, outpost, outside, outskirts, pale, paradise, perimeter, periphery, pinetum, planking, precinct, profile, province, purfle, purl, quarter, rag, ragged edge, realm, rim, rind, rock garden, roof garden, round, scene, scenery, screen, selvage, set off, shell, shore, shrubbery, side, side scene, sideline, siding, skin, skirt, sphere, stage screw, stand by, sunken garden, superficies, superstratum, surface, surround, tab, tableau, tea garden, teaser, temple, termination, three-mile limit, threshold, top, tormentor, touch, transformation, transformation scene, trench, trim, trimming, truck garden, twelve-mile limit, unilaterality, vegetable garden, verge, verge upon, victory garden, vinery, vineyard, wainscot, wainscoting, walk, wing, wingcut, woodcut
