border

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

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

verge

borderline

bound

periphery

line

march

adjoin

bank

🏦

confine

boundary line

shore

skirt

list

abut

frame

barrier

be adjacent

circumference

extremity

butt

brow

marge

tip

selvage

bounds

delimitation

seam

frame in

juncture

moulding

neighbor

border on

environs

mete

border line

molding

Translations

frontière

Grenze

frontera

frontiera

grens

fronteira

confine

bord

limite

σύνορο

Rand

borda

limite

borde

límite

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.
Further cognate to English board, Old Norse barð (“edge”), Swedish bård (“edge”), also English beard, German Bart (“beard”) (edge of the face) etc.