border

Plural: borders

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
  • "the rug had a wide blue border"
• The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
• The outer edge of something.
• A decorative strip around the edge of something.
• 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.

Verb

Verb Forms: bordered, bordering, borders

• To form an edge or boundary for something; to adjoin.
• 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
• To put a border on something.
• To form a border around; to bound.
• To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.
• To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with).
• To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon).

Examples

• a solid border around a table of figures
• Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.
• Denmark borders Germany to the south.
• He wanted to BORDER the existing word with his new play, maximizing his score.
• The border between Canada and USA is the longest in the world.
• the borders of the garden
• There’s a nice frilly border around the picture frame.

Synonyms

abut, adjoin, borderline, bound, boundary line, butt, butt against, butt on, delimitation, edge, environ, frame, frame in, march, margin, mete, molding, moulding, perimeter, ring, skirt, surround

Anagrams of border