transcription, транскрипция: [ bɔ:(r)də(r) ]
( borders, bordering, bordered)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
The border between two countries or regions is the dividing line between them. Sometimes the border also refers to the land close to this line.
They fled across the border.
...the isolated jungle area near the Panamanian border...
Clifford is enjoying life north of the border.
...the Mexican border town of Tijuana...
= frontier
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2.
A country that borders another country, a sea, or a river is next to it.
...the European and Arab countries bordering the Mediterranean.
VERB : V n
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Border on means the same as border .
Both republics border on the Black Sea.
PHRASAL VERB : V P n
3.
A border is a strip or band around the edge of something.
...pillowcases trimmed with a hand-crocheted border.
N-COUNT
4.
In a garden, a border is a long strip of ground along the edge planted with flowers.
...a lawn flanked by wide herbaceous borders.
...border plants.
N-COUNT
5.
If something is bordered by another thing, the other thing forms a line along the edge of it.
...the mile of white sand beach bordered by palm trees and tropical flowers...
Caesar marched north into the forests that border the Danube River.
= flank
VERB : V-ed , V n