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Main Entry:
border [bawr-der]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: outermost edge, margin
Synonyms: bound, boundary, bounds, brim, brink, circumference, confine, end, extremity, fringe, hem, limit, line, lip, outskirt, perimeter, periphery, rim, selvage, skirt, trim, trimming, verge
Notes: a boarder is a tenant in someone's house while a border is a line that indicates a boundary
Antonyms: center, inside, interior, middle
Main Entry: margin
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: border; room around something
Synonyms: allowance, bound, boundary, brim, brink, compass, confine, edge, elbowroom, extra, field, frame, hem, latitude, leeway, limit, lip, perimeter, periphery, play, rim, scope, selvage, shore, side, skirt, space, surplus, trimming, verge
Antonyms: center, core, interior
Main Entry: verge
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: extremity, limit
Synonyms: border, borderline, boundary, brim, brink, edge, extreme, fringe, hem, lip, margin, point, rim, selvage, skirt, terminus, threshold
Antonyms: middle
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Main Entry: border
Part of Speech: noun, verb
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Adjectives:
arcifinious, border, chamfered, coextensive, conterminable, conterminate, cultellated, cultrate, deckle-edged, definite, erose, fringed, frontier, indented, jagged, labial, labiated, limbate, marginal, marginated, notched, peripheral, repand, scalloped, scrolled, skirting, terminal, vallate
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