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Border Edge Strip Band Bordered Pillowcases Trimmed Hand Crocheted

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A b_____ is a strip or band around the edge of something.A border is a strip or band around the edge of something.
...pillowcases trimmed with a hand-crocheted border.
word border
full-definition
noun
The border between two countries or regions is the dividing line between them. Sometimes the border also refers to the land close to this line.
They fled across the border.
...the isolated jungle area near the Panamanian border.
Clifford is enjoying life north of the border.
...the Mexican border town of Tijuana.
Soldiers had temporarily closed the border between the two countries.
A border is a strip or band around the edge of something.
...pillowcases trimmed with a hand-crocheted border.
In a garden, a border is a long strip of ground along the edge planted with flowers.
...a lawn flanked by wide herbaceous borders.
...border plants.
verb
A country that borders another country, a sea, or a river is next to it.
...the European and Arab countries bordering the Mediterranean.
Both republics border on the Black Sea.
If something is bordered by another thing, the other thing forms a line along the edge of it.
...the mile of white sand beach bordered by palm trees and tropical flowers.
Caesar marched north into the forests that border the Danube River.
inflections bordersborderingbordered
cefr-level B2

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2

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