border.
The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
Meaning & usage
The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
The border between Canada and USA is the longest in the world.
The outer edge of something.
the borders of the garden
A decorative strip around the edge of something.
There’s a nice frilly border around the picture frame.
a solid border around a table of figures
A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
Border morris or border dancing.
A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Old French bordeurebor. Middle English bordure English border Inherited from Middle English bordure, from Old French bordeure, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bord, equivalent to modern French bord (“a border”) + -er. Akin to Middle High German borte (“border, trim”), German Borte (“ribbon, trimming”). Doublet of bordure. More at board. Not cognate to beard, although inside Germanic there may have been influence between the senses of these two roots: see e.g. Old Norse barð (“edge”).
To put a border on something.
To form a border around; to bound.
To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.
Denmark borders Germany to the south.
To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with).
Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.
To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon).
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Old French bordeurebor. Middle English bordure English border Inherited from Middle English bordure, from Old French bordeure, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bord, equivalent to modern French bord (“a border”) + -er. Akin to Middle High German borte (“border, trim”), German Borte (“ribbon, trimming”). Doublet of bordure. More at board. Not cognate to beard, although inside Germanic there may have been influence between the senses of these two roots: see e.g. Old Norse barð (“edge”).
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