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Words related to border

Related / Similar Words: molding, moulding, boundary line, borderline, delimitation, mete, edge, margin, perimeter, adjoin, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on, surround, skirt, frame, frame in, bound

Definition:

a strip forming the outer edge of something; "the rug had a wide blue border";

a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge;

a line that indicates a boundary;

the boundary of a surface;

the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary;

lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland";

extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property";

enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture";

provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery";

form the boundary of; be contiguous to;

See Also: border on, approach

Hyponyms: edging, selvage, selvedge, verge, fence line, Green Line, Line of Control, property line, state line, state boundary, brink, limb, neighbor, neighbour, fringe, girdle, gird, enclose, inclose, shut in, hem in, skirt, shore

Part Meronyms: picture frame

Derivational Morphology: frame, frame in, surround, skirt, demarcate, delimit, delimitate, bound, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on, butt joint, borderland, border district, marchland, abutment, abutter, boundary, edging, boundary line, borderline, delimitation, mete, environment, environs, surroundings, framework, framing, edger, margin, perimeter, bounds

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