OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 11613

boundary

/ˈbaʊndɹi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
aledaño • aledaños • confín • divisoria • frontera • limes • linde • lindera • lindero • límite • medianera • medianería • medianil
The dividing line or location between two areas.
City or national boundaries are locations of economic opportunity, especially if the existence of the border is itself the source of a monopoly situation that favors one side over…
So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flec…
frontera • limes • linde • límite • tope
The bounds, confines, or limits between immaterial things (such as one’s comfort zone, privacy, or professional sphere and the realm beyond).
I didn’t mean to push the boundaries by sending my boss a message on Saturday night.
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