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bordering en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having a common boundary or border
    • France and Spain are bordering nations.
    • King Pyrrhus was at dinner at an ale-house bordering on the theatre, when he was summoned to go on the stage. 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV:

Relateds

border on

Translations (27)

nb tilgrensende (having a common boundary or border) · nn tilgrensande (having a common boundary or border) · it cingente (having a common boundary or border) · es aledaño (having a common boundary or border) · ca limítrof (having a common boundary or border) · sv angränsande (having a common boundary or border) · tr sınırdaş (having a common boundary or border) · tr hemhudut (having a common boundary or border) · es comarcano (having a common boundary or border) · pt limítrofe (having a common boundary or border) · ca fronterer (having a common boundary or border) · grc ὅμορος (having a common boundary or border) · es limítrofe (having a common boundary or border) · cmn 設立疆界 /设立疆界 (having a common boundary or border) · fi olla rajanaapuri (having a common boundary or border) · de angrenzend (having a common boundary or border) · es rayano (having a common boundary or border) · fr limitrophe (having a common boundary or border) · es lindero (having a common boundary or border) · es colindante (having a common boundary or border) · pl graniczący (having a common boundary or border) · pt fronteiriço (having a common boundary or border) · es facero (having a common boundary or border) · la fīnitimus (having a common boundary or border) · es fronterizo (having a common boundary or border) · grc πρόσχορος (having a common boundary or border) · es lindante (having a common boundary or border)

bordering en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A pattern or ornament forming a border.
    • White silk borderings and silver buckles. 1874, Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine:

Forms

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bordering en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of border
    form of border