border
The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
Noun 4 meanings
The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
“The border between Canada and USA is the longest in the world.”
The outer edge of something.
“the borders of the garden”
A decorative strip around the edge of something.
“There’s a nice frilly border around the picture frame.”
A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
Verb 4 meanings
To put a border on something.
To form a border around; to bound.
To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.
“Denmark borders Germany to the south.”
To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with).
“Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.”
Etymology
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.g. Old Norse barð (“edge”).
BORDER at a glance
BORDER has 6 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (B 3 + O 1 + R 1 + D 2 + E 1 + R 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,979 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with border
All rhymes- UNDER6
- ORDER6
- CONSIDER11
- LEADER7
- WONDER10
- OLDER6
- MURDER9
- GENDER8
- HARDER10
- COMMANDER16
- SHOULDER12
- FOUNDER11
One letter away
- BOLDER9
- CORDER9
- BIRDER9
- BONDER9
- BORDES9
- BORDEL9
- BORDAR9
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