border

B1 Topic:Gardening & Horticulture

US /ˈbɔə.də/ UK /ˈbɔː.də/ See IPA manual

Freq #2610

Meanings

1

noun
The line that separates two countries or regions.

The border between Canada and the USA is the longest in the world.
2

noun
A strip or band along the edge of something.

The rug had a wide blue border.
3

verb
To share a boundary with another place.

Pennsylvania borders Ohio.

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Synonyms

3 verb · to share a boundary with... bound

Word family

Forms borderedborderingborders

Derived forms boda-bodabordererborderismborderlandborderlessborderlineborderlinkingborderplexborderspaceborderspacingborderstonebordertown

Related forms board boarderbordbored

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Phrases (1)

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border guard
an officer who checks or protects a country's boundary

Noun + noun

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.

bordure Middle English bordeure Old French *bord frk

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Topics

Gardening & Horticulture Places & Geography

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# border

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈbɔə.də/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈbɔː.də/
**Frequency rank:** 2610

## Meanings
1. The line that separates two countries or regions.
2. A strip or band along the edge of something.
3. To share a boundary with another place.

## Examples
- The border between Canada and the USA is the longest in the world.
- The rug had a wide blue border.
- Pennsylvania borders Ohio.

## Derived Forms
- boda-boda
- borderer
- borderism
- borderland
- borderless
- borderline
- borderlinking
- borderplex
- borderspace
- borderspacing
- borderstone
- bordertown

## Related Forms
- board
- boarder
- bord
- bored

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: bordure
- Root: bordeure
- Root: *bord

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Border is 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. Border follows a historical chain through Old French bordeure, Middle English bordure, English bor.

## Topics
- Gardening & Horticulture
- Places & Geography

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