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      border
      noun
      The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
      The outer edge of something.
      A decorative strip around the edge of something.
      A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
      (British, uncountable) Border morris or border dancing.
      (computing) A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string.
      A surname.
      verb
      (transitive) To form a border around; to bound.
      (transitive) To put a border on something.
      (transitive) To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.
      (intransitive) To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with).
      (intransitive) To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon).
      Roots
      bordbord- · Frankish · edge, side-er-er · French · agent/thing
      Synonyms for border
      borderlineadjedgenperimeternboundarynabutvborderlandnfrontiernborduremarchlandnadjoinvmarginnfeatheredgenboundvperipherynbrinknselvagensidenskirtn
      Words related to border
      delimitationnabuttallimbatevengrailcrossingndemarcationnboarderntressurefencencrosservcheckpointnmargentadjcrossesvcrossedadjlimitaryadjrecrosseduncrossableadjseagirtadjorphreynterritorynvergingncrosslet

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      Where does border come from?

      The word border breaks down into 2 roots of Frankish and French origin: bord, from Frankish bord (“edge, side”); and -er, from French -er (“agent/thing”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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