brink

Meaning

1. The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.
2. The edge or border.

Synonyms

edge

border

brim

verge

rim

fringe

margin

side

edging

critical moment

brow

hem

periphery

threshold

perimeter

end

🔚

bank

🏦

rand

lip

wale

outer edge

margin, rand, brim, border

limit

beach

🏖️

bluff

borderline

boundary

bulwark

coast

cusp

extremity

flange

gunwale

ledge

marge

outskirts

peripherals

point

seashore

seaside

shore

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɹɪŋk/

Etymology

From Middle English brinke, brenke, from Old Norse *brenka, brekka, from Proto-Germanic *brinkǭ, *brinkaz (“hill, edge (of land)”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“to project”). Cognate with Dutch brink (“grassland”), regional German Brink, Icelandic brekka (“slope”); also Tocharian B prenke (“island”), Irish braine (“prow”).