boundary

boundary
n
1. frontier, frontier line, boundary line, bounding line, border line, partition line, line of demarcation, line, fence.
2. border, perimeter, periphery, edge, rim, fringe, verge, skirt; circumference, circuit, compass, ambit, margin, frame, outline, confine, confines; brink, brim, brow, hem; bound, limit, butting, abuttal, bourn, pale, extremity, termination; limits, city limits, outer limits.
3. borderland, borderground, borders, bounds, march, marches, marchland; outpost, outskirts, purlieu, suburbs, Fr. banlieue.

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