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Brinks
The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.
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noun
- 1
The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.
"the brink of a river"
- 2
The edge or border
"He's on the brink of madness."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Brinks"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| thresholdnoun | The lowermost part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill. |
| vergenoun | An edge or border. |
| edgesnoun | (plural only, African-American Vernacular) The fine hairs at the edge of someone's (usually a black woman's) hairline; baby hairs. |
| postbellumnoun | (US) Of the period following the American Civil War, especially used in reference to the South. |
| perditionnoun | Hell. |
| precipicenoun | A very steep cliff. |
| ruinationnoun | The state of being ruined, a state of devastation or destruction. |
| abyssnoun | (frequently figurative) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space. |
| morassnoun | A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen. |
| teeternoun | (Canada, US) A teeter-totter or seesaw. |
| collapsenoun | The act of collapsing. |
| despairnoun | Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency. |
| destitutionnoun | An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support. |
| oblivionnoun | The state of forgetting completely, of being oblivious, unconscious, unaware, as when sleeping, drunk, or dead. |
| sunderingnoun | The act by which something is sundered. |
| misbegottennoun | (obsolete, sometimes derogatory) One born illegitimately (i.e., out of wedlock); a bastard. |
| stultificationnoun | The state of being stultified. |
| quicksandnoun | Wet sand that appears firm but in which things readily sink, often found near rivers or coasts. |
| downspinnoun | (figurative) a downward spiral. |
| hallowingnoun | The act by which something is hallowed. |
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