border
US /ˈbɔrdɚ/
Definition
a line that indicates a boundary
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Trucks wait for hours at the border to cross into the neighboring country.
Synonyms
- boundarya line or limit marking the extent of an area or operation
- frontiera wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
- edgethe boundary of a surface
Collocations
- Easy cross the country borderto cross the country border, meaning to travel across or pass over
- Medium border control checkpointto border control checkpoint, meaning to extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
- Hard cross-border commerce logisticsa collocation phrase: cross-border commerce logistics
- Very Hard border on the absurdto border on the absurd, meaning to extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.