border (noun)

  • 91Gulf States — noun 1. a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas • Instance Hypernyms: ↑geographical area, ↑geographic area, ↑geographical region, ↑geographic region …

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  • 92rumrunner — noun someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border • Hypernyms: ↑smuggler, ↑runner, ↑contrabandist, ↑moon curser, ↑moon curser * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: rum ( …

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  • 93edge effect — noun 1. : the result of the presence of two adjoining plant communities (as in an ecotone) on the numbers and kinds of animals present in the immediate vicinity 2. : a special physical condition (as of electric surface density or turbulence)… …

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  • 94hot-trod — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. Scotland : the pursuit with hounds and horn in old border forays 2. Scotland : the signal for such pursuit * * * hotˈ trod noun (Scot) The chase …

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  • 95platband — noun a) A border of flowers in a garden, especially along a wall; a strip of turf forming a border. b) Any border …

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  • 96skirmish — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, little, minor, small ▪ border ▪ early, first, opening ▪ …

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  • 97boundary line — noun a line that indicates a boundary • Syn: ↑border, ↑borderline, ↑delimitation, ↑mete • Derivationally related forms: ↑delimitate (for: ↑delimitation), ↑ …

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  • 98delimitation — noun a line that indicates a boundary • Syn: ↑boundary line, ↑border, ↑borderline, ↑mete • Derivationally related forms: ↑delimitate, ↑delimit, ↑border (for …

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  • 99Kasai — noun a river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo… …

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  • 100Mont Blanc — noun the highest mountain peak in the Alps; on the border between France and Italy to the south of Geneva (15,781 feet high) • Syn: ↑Monte Bianco • Instance Hypernyms: ↑mountain peak • Part Holonyms: ↑Alps, ↑the Alps, ↑ …

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