boundary
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(noun) the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something |
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Synonyms: bound, bounds |
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Related Words: Rubicon, border, borderline, boundary line, bourn, bourne, city line, county line, delimitation, demarcation, demarcation line, district line, edge, end, extremity, hairline, heliopause, limit, outline, shoreline, surface |
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(noun) a line determining the limits of an area |
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Synonyms: bound, edge |
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Related Words: border, brink, fringe, frontier, line, lower bound, margin, outer boundary, perimeter, periphery, rim, thalweg, threshold, upper bound, verge |
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(noun) the greatest possible degree of something: "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability" |
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Synonyms: bounds, limit |
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Related Words: brink, extent, heat barrier, level best, maximum, thermal barrier, utmost, uttermost, verge |
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