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(verb) lie adjacent to another; "Canada adjoins the U.S." |
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Synonyms: abut, adjoin, butt, butt against, butt on, edge |
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Related Words: adjoin, meet, neighbor, neighbour, touch |
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(noun) a strip forming the outer edge of something: "the rug had a wide blue border" |
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Related Words: edge, edging, margin, selvage, selvedge, verge |
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(verb) form the boundary of; be contiguous to |
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Synonyms: bound |
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Related Words: confine, enclose, hold in, shore, skirt, verge |
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(noun) a line that indicates a boundary |
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Synonyms: borderline, boundary line, delimitation |
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Related Words: bound, boundary, bounds, fence line, property line, state boundary, state line |
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(noun) the boundary of a surface |
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Synonyms: edge |
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Related Words: bound, boundary, bounds, brink |
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(noun) the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary |
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Synonyms: margin, perimeter |
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Related Words: bound, boundary, edge |
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(verb) extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" |
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Synonyms: skirt, surround |
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Related Words: adjoin, enclose, fringe, gird, girdle, hem in, inclose, meet, shut in, touch |
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(verb) enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture" |
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Synonyms: frame, frame in |
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Related Words: enclose, inclose, shut in |
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(noun) a decorative recessed or relieved surface |
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Synonyms: molding, moulding |
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Related Words: edge, margin |
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