Transborder
noun
1.
the part or edge of a surface or area that forms its outer boundary.
2.
the line that separates one country, state, province, etc., from another; frontier line:
You cannot cross the border without a visa.
3.
the district or region that lies along the boundary line of another.
4.
the frontier of civilization.
5.
the border.
the border between the U.S. and Mexico, especially along the Rio Grande.
(in the British Isles) the region along the boundary between England and Scotland.
6.
brink; verge.
7.
an ornamental strip or design around the edge of a printed page, a drawing, etc.
8.
an ornamental design or piece of ornamental trimming around the edge of a fabric, rug, garment, article of furniture, etc.
9.
Horticulture.
a long, narrow bed planted with flowers, shrubs, or trees.
a strip of ground in which plants are grown, enclosing an area in a garden or running along the edge of a walk or driveway.
the plants growing in such a strip:
a border of tulips along the path.
10.
Theater.
a narrow curtain or strip of painted canvas hung above the stage, masking the flies and lighting units, and forming the top of the stage set.
border light.
verb (used with object)
11.
to make a border around; adorn with a border.
12.
to form a border or boundary to.
13.
to lie on the border of; adjoin.
verb (used without object)
14.
to form or constitute a border; be next to:
California borders on the Pacific Ocean.
15.
to approach closely in character; verge:
The situation borders on tragedy.
noun
1.
a band or margin around or along the edge of something
2.
the dividing line or frontier between political or geographic regions
3.
a region straddling such a boundary
(as modifier): border country
4.
a design or ornamental strip around the edge or rim of something, such as a printed page or dinner plate
(as modifier): a border illustration
5.
a long narrow strip of ground planted with flowers, shrubs, trees, etc, that skirts a path or wall or surrounds a lawn or other area: a herbaceous border
verb
6.
(transitive) to decorate or provide with a border
7.
when intr, foll by on or upon
to be adjacent (to); lie along the boundary (of): his land borders on mine
to be nearly the same (as); verge (on): his stupidity borders on madness
noun the Border
1.
(often pl) the area straddling the border between England and Scotland
2.
the area straddling the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
3.
the region in S South Africa around East London
noun
1.
Allan (Robert). born 1955, Australian cricketer; played in 156 test matches (1978–1994), 93 as captain; first Australian batsman to score 10,000 test runs
border
Read Also:
- Transboundary
noun, plural boundaries. 1. something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line. 2. Also called frontier. Mathematics. the collection of all points of a given set having the property that every neighborhood of each point contains points in the set and in the complement of the set. 3. Cricket. a hit in […]
- Transcalent
adjective 1. permitting the passage of heat. adjective 1. (rare) permitting the passage of heat transcalent trans·ca·lent (trān-skā’lənt) adj. Diathermanous.
- Transcarbamoylase
transcarbamoylase trans·car·bam·o·yl·ase (trāns’kär-bām’ō-ə-lās’, -lāz’, trānz’-) n. See carbamyltransferase.
- Transcarboxylase
transcarboxylase trans·car·box·yl·ase (trāns’kär-bŏk’sə-lās’, -lāz’, trānz’-) n. See carboxyltransferase.
- Transcaucasia
[trans-kaw-key-zhuh, -shuh] /ˌtræns kɔˈkeɪ ʒə, -ʃə/ noun 1. a region in SE Europe, S of the Caucasus Mountains, between the Black and Caspian seas: constituted a republic 1922–36 (Transcauca·sian So·cialist Fed·erated So·viet Repub·lic) area now includes the republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Transcaucasia /ˌtrænskɔːˈkeɪzjə/ noun 1. a region in central Asia, south of the […]