Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "border" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

bedroom with wall paper country house map menu picture place of world quilt ship

Capable Of

divide two countries

Defined As

edge between one place and another

Derived Terms

Border City Border Leicester Border Ranges Bordertown Two Borders boda-boda border ballad border blaster border collie border control border czar border fancy border gore border guard border jumper border on border patrol border post border reiver border state border stone border town borderer borderism borderland borderless borderline borderlinking borderplex borderspace borderspacing borderstone borderwide borderwork brush border cross border cross-border cross-border cross-border ticket cyberborder deborder e-border emborder interborder language border north of the border reborder transborder unborder vermilion border

Context

british

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

adjoin bound boundary bounds close in confine contact edge enclose furnish hold in inclose meet offer provide render shut in supply touch

Type Of (IsA)

edge enduring thing localized part site

Manner Of

supply touch

Related Terms

board boarder bord bored

Related Terms

adjacent area between between countries border dancing border morris bound boundary countries decorative demarcation edge for countries frontier geographical ground grown lie line mexico national national edge ornamental outer plant political region separating sorter strip texas texas mexico

Synonym Network

bound boundary boundary line brim confine edge edging frame fringe frontier hem margin molding outskirt rim selvedge skirt surround verge

Used For

accent define edges of area defining countries defining edge deliniate boundary deliniation of sovereign territories dividing two things making picture look nice marking boundaries marking edge of country marking edge of document political maps seperation

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.