border

Meaning

Noun

1. The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
2. The outer edge of something.
3. A decorative strip around the edge of something.
4. A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
5. 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.
6. A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string.

Verb

1. To put a border on something.
2. To form a border around; to bound.
3. To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.
4. To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with).
5. To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon).

Synonyms

edge

boundary

frontier

limit

rim

end

🔚

margin

fringe

side

hem

brink

perimeter

edging

brim

borderline

verge

bound

periphery

line

adjoin

march

bank

🏦

confine

boundary line

shore

skirt

extremity

barrier

circumference

frame

be adjacent

list

abut

juncture

frame in

border on

moulding

bounds

seam

border line

brow

butt

tip

selvage

delimitation

marge

neighbor

mete

molding

environs

vicinity

welt

adjacent to

butt against

butt on

line of demarcation

localise

localize

neighbour

region

area

ring

💍

confines

frieze

riverside

hedge

rand

foot

🦶

precinct

abutment

flank

bourn

bourne

surround

surroundings

territory

demarcation

outline

trim

zone

environ

scope

sideboard

sign

skirting

stint

straightedge

surface

terminal point

threshold

tie

touch

acacia tree

mental state

terminus ad quem

verge on

key point

remote region

arris

be contiguous

Terminus

be adjacent to

bordering strip

boundary-strip

environs of the earth

share the same border

abuttal

allowance

ambit

balk

base

beach

🏖️

be next to

binding

blade

borders

boundaries

boundary stone

bypass

cap

ceiling

chain

clamp down

coast

contiguous

contour

corner

crisis

curb

decoration

delimit

delimitate

demarcate

desert

🏜️

determine

domain

encumber

extent

face

facing

felloe

fence

finish

flange

frill

frontiers

grounds

hamstring

inhibit

inlay

kerb

land

landmark

ledge

limb

limbus

limits

lip

narrow down

near

nearby

neb

neighbourhood

number

🔢

order

ornament

outskirt

outskirts

parameter

partition

peak

pedestal

plot

point

proximity

purview

raja

range

realm

relations

relative

restrict

ridge

river bank

ruler

run along

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɔədə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bordure

Cognate with French: bord

Cognate with Middle High German: borte

Cognate with German: Borte

In summary

Inherited from Middle English bordure, from Old French bordeure, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bord, equivalent to modern French bord (“a border”) + -er.
Akin to Middle High German borte (“border, trim”), German Borte (“ribbon, trimming”). Doublet of bordure. More at board.