border

Meaning of border

noun
  1. The outer edge of something.
    the borders of the garden
  2. A decorative strip around the edge of something.
    There's a nice frilly border around the picture frame.
  3. A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
  4. The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
    The border between Canada and USA is the longest in the world.
  5. 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 makeup.
  6. A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string.
verb
  1. To put a border on something.
  2. To form a border around; to bound.
  3. To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.
    Denmark borders Germany to the south.
  4. To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with).
    Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.
  5. To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon).

Information about border

Hyphenation of border

bor-der

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • border is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

border synonyms

Meaning boundary line:

borderline, delimitation, mete

Meaning margin:

margin, perimeter

Meaning edge:

edge

Meaning molding:

molding, moulding

Meaning surround:

surround, skirt

Meaning bound:

bound

Meaning frame:

frame

Meaning adjoin:

adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt

Translation of border

Anagrams of border

Broder, roberd

Words that rhyme with border

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