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Borders

/bɔːdəz/

The outer edge of something.

📖 Definitions of "Borders"

noun
  1. 1

    The outer edge of something.

    "the borders of the garden"

  2. 2

    A decorative strip around the edge of something.

    "There's a nice frilly border around the picture frame."

  3. 3

    A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.

  4. 4

    The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.

    "The border between Canada and USA is the longest in the world."

verb
  1. 1

    To put a border on something.

  2. 2

    To form a border around; to bound.

  3. 3

    To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.

    "Denmark borders Germany to the south."

  4. 4

    To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with).

    "Connecticut borders on Massachusetts."

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