English Explanatory Dictionary

border

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.
  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).
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɔə.də/ /ˈbɔː.də/ En-uk-a border.ogg /ˈbɔɹ.dɚ/ [ˈbo̞ɹ.dɚ] en-us-border.ogg /ˈbɔːɹ.dɚ/

Word forms

border borders bordering bordered

Etymology

Etymology tree Old French bordeurebor. Middle English bordure English border 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.

Related words

board boarder bord bored

Derived words

boda-boda border ballad border blaster Border City border collie border control border czar borderer border fancy border gore border guard borderism border jumper borderland Border Leicester borderless borderline borderlinking border patrol borderplex border post Border Ranges border reiver borderspace borderspacing border state border stone borderstone border town Bordertown borderwide borderwork brush border cross border cross-border ticket cyberborder deborder e-border emborder interborder language border north of the border reborder transborder Two Borders unborder vermilion border cross-border border on
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