Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.

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

    Grenze

    грани́цаgraníca, рубе́жrubéž, межа́mežá

    кордо́нkordón, грани́цяhranýcja

    the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

  2. (countable, uncountable)The outer edge of something.

    the borders of the garden

    Rand

    грани́цаgraníca, крайkraj, кро́мкаkrómka

    кордо́нkordón, межа́mežá

    a strip forming the outer edge of something

  3. (countable, uncountable)A decorative strip around the edge of something.

    There’s a nice frilly border around the picture frame.

    a solid border around a table of figures

    Rand

    кайма́kajmá, бордю́рbordjúr, фризfriz

    a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge

  4. (countable, uncountable)A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.

    Beet, Streifen, Rabatte

  5. (UK, uncountable)Border morris or border dancing.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string.

Examples

571 sentences
  1. Tom was arrested when he crossed the border.

    Тома заарештували, коли він перетинав кордон. — deniko

  2. We want to get to the border.

    Ми хочемо дістатися до кордону. — deniko

    ruМы хотим добраться до границы. — Ooneykcall

    deWir wollen zur Grenze. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. We live near the border.

    Ми живемо біля кордону. — deniko

    ruМы живем рядом с границей. — sharptoothed

    deWir wohnen in der Nähe der Grenze. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Tom can't cross the border.

    Том не може перетнути кордон. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    ruТом не может пересечь границу. — odexed

  5. Tom is a border patrol agent.

    Том - агент прикордонного патруля. — MaxUA

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
the line or frontier area separating various territories:
the outer edge of something:
Русский
By meaning 3
the line or frontier area separating various territories:
the outer edge of something:
a decorative strip around the edge of something:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
the line or frontier area separating various territories:
the outer edge of something:
a strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English bordure, from Old French bordeure, of Germanic origin, from

Inherited from Middle English bordure, from Old French bordeure, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bord, equivalent to modern French bord (“a border”) + -er.

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Forms

plural: borders
Singularborder
Pluralborders

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

38 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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