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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border |
| Synonyms: | boundary, edge, fringe, frontier, march, marchland |
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| Main Entry: | frontier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boundary |
| Synonyms: | borderland, borderline, bound, confines, edge, limit, march, perimeter, verge |
| Main Entry: | hinterland |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | backcountry |
| Synonyms: | boondocks, boonies, borderland, brush, bush country, frontier, outback, sticks, wasteland, wilderness, woods |
| Main Entry: | limit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical boundary |
| Synonyms: | border, borderland, compass, confines, edge, end, extent, extreme, extremity, frontier, perimeter, periphery, precinct, purlieu |
| Notes: | delimit means to draw the boundaries or limits of something; limit (noun) means the greatest possible degree of something or the point beyond which something cannot or may not proceed - limit (verb) means to restrict or confine limit marks an end to something; limitation is the extent of one's capacity or a constraint that stops something |
| Antonyms: | limitlessness |
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| Concept: | Limit. |
| Category: | 3. Centrical dimensions; general |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
limit, boundary, bounds, confine, enclave, term, bourn, verge, curbstone, but, pale; termination, terminus; stint, frontier, precinct, marches; backwoods., boundary line, landmark; line of demarcation, line of circumvallation; pillars of Hercules; Rubicon, turning point; ne plus ultra; sluice, floodgate.
-adjectives
definite; conterminate, conterminable; terminal, frontier; bordering.
-adverbs
thus far, thus far and no further.
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