border
/ˈbɔədə/
Dictionary
noun
- 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 strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
- The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
"The border between Canada and USA is the longest in the world."
- 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.
- A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string.
verb
- 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).
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