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Word border
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈbɔːdə(r) / NAmE / ˈbɔːrdər /
Example
  • a national park on the border between kenya and tanzania
  • denmark’s border with germany
  • in the us, near the canadian border
  • nevada’s northern border
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border

(noun)BrE / ˈbɔːdə(r) / NAmE / ˈbɔːrdər /
  1. the line that divides two countries or areas; the land near this line
    • a national park on the border between Kenya and Tanzania
    • Denmark’s border with Germany
    • in the US, near the Canadian border
    • Nevada’s northern border
    • to cross the border
    • to flee across/over the border
    • border guards/controls
    • a border dispute/incident
    • a border town/state
    • It is difficult to define the border between love and friendship.
    • a national park on the border between Kenya and Tanzania
    • The fence marked the boundary between my property and hers.
    • The river formed the frontier between the land of the Saxons and that of the Danes.
    • The rebels control the frontier and the surrounding area.
    • After the war the national boundaries were redrawn.
    • the boundary fence/wall between the properties
  2. a strip around the edge of something such as a picture or a piece of cloth
    • a pillowcase with a lace border
  3. a strip of soil which is planted with flowers, along the edge of the grass
    • See related entries: In the garden
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/in_the_garden/border_2
    • herbaceous borders

    Extra Examples

    • Brazil has a common border with most South American countries.
    • Ethiopia shares its longest border with Somalia.
    • He drove us right up to the Russian border.
    • Poland has a common border with Germany.
    • She drew a decorative border around the picture.
    • The tablecloth has a narrow lace border.
    • There has been fighting along the border.
    • There has been fighting on both sides of the border.
    • They slipped across the border at nightfall.
    • We were stopped on the border.
    • a farm on the border of Cumbria and Yorkshire
    • a white handkerchief with a blue border
    • the border between Austria and Switzerland
    • the border with Mexico
    • to smuggle goods across the border
    • I live in a small town in the US, near the Canadian border.
    • The back garden is mostly lawn with herbaceous borders.
    • The incident happened on Nevada’s northern border.
    • The treaty fixed Denmark’s new border with Germany.
    • They spent a week in a national park on the border between Kenya and Tanzania.
    • Thousands of illegal immigrants cross the border every day.

    Word Origin

    • late Middle English: from Old French bordeure; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to board.
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