Betekenis van border In het Nederlands

• 0 a line that has been agreed to divide one country from another:

  • Were you stopped at the border?

  • The train crosses the border between France and Spain.

  • The two countries have had frequent border disputes.

• 1 a strip that goes around or along the edge of something, often as decoration:

  • The dress was white with a delicate lace border.

  • a picture with a decorative/plain border

  • to weed/plant the borders

• 2 to form a line around the edge of something:

  • The fields are bordered by tall trees.

• 3 to be next to and have a border with another country:

  • Swaziland borders South Africa and Mozambique.

• 4 the line that divides one country or place from another:

  • The Rio Grande forms part of the US border.

• 5 a strip that goes around or along the edge of something, or the edge itself:

  • The card has a pretty design around the border.

• 6 to be next to another country or place:

  • [ T ] Guatemala borders Mexico.

  • [ I ] Wisconsin borders on Illinois.

• 7 to form a strip along the edge of something:

  • The road borders the coast for several miles.