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   Bound·a·ry

   /ˈbound(ə)rē/

   

   noun

   • 1. a line that marks the limits of an area; a dividing line: "the eastern boundary of the wilderness" Similar borderfrontierborderlinepartitiondividing linebounding lineboundsconfineslimitsouter limitsextremitiesmarginsedgesfringesborderperipheryperimetercircumferencerimcircuitliterary:margebournskirt
   • ▪ a limit of a subject or sphere of activity: "a community without class or political boundaries" Similar dividing linedividedivisionborderlinedemarcation lineline of demarcationcutoff pointthresholdlimitsparametersboundsouter limitsconfinesextremitiesbarriersthresholdsambitcompass

   Word Origin early 17th century: variant of dialect bounder, from bound2 + -er1, perhaps on the pattern of limitary.

   Scrabble Points: 14

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