border

CEFRB1

/ˈbɔə.də/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The line separating two places or areas.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A decorative strip around the edge of something.

Examples

  • There's a checkpoint at the border where they look in your trunk.

  • They didn't reach the border until after dark.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • [ˈbo̞ɹ.dɚ]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The outer edge of something.

  2. The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.

  3. A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.

More examples

In context

  • We camped on the border of the lake.

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

  • 23 June 2018, Mattha Busb, The Independent, Jogger crosses US-Canada border by mistake, is held for two weeks in detention centre A French tourist who accidentally crossed the border into the US from Canada during an evening jog was sent to a detention centre...

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Origin

noun

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.