border

About 26.52 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.

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

2. noun The outer edge of something.

   the borders of the garden

3. noun A decorative strip around the edge of something.

   There’s a nice frilly border around the picture frame.

4. noun A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
5. noun Border morris or border dancing.
6. noun A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string.
7. verb To put a border on something.
8. verb To form a border around; to bound.

Similar words

edge surround abut frame delimitation adjoin margin borderline moulding molding

Often followed by

of and with between to in is on states

Word family

bordered borderer borderers bordering borders