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borderer Meaning & Definition

What Does Borderer Mean?

Borderer is used as a verb meaning to put a border on. It can also mean to touch at the edge or boundary.

Borderer Definition (Verb)

  1. to put a border on

    a rug bordered with a pattern of leaves / bordered the garden with pansies

  2. to touch at the edge or boundary : bound

    borders the city on the south / Slovakia borders Poland.

  3. to lie on the border

    The U.S. borders on Canada.

  4. to approach the nature of a specified thing : verge

    borders on the ridiculous

Synonyms of Borderer

Borderer synonyms and antonyms →

Borderer in a Sentence

a rug bordered with a pattern of leaves

bordered the garden with pansies

borders the city on the south

Slovakia borders Poland.

The U.S. borders on Canada.

borders on the ridiculous

that velvet bordered the sleeves on this shirt, until it fell off

that comment borders on insubordination, and you should be more careful in the future

that state borders on three others

a rug bordered with a pattern of leaves / bordered the garden with pansies

borders the city on the south / Slovakia borders Poland.

Word Forms & Grammar

bor·dered

bor·der·ing

bor·der·er noun

border

bordered

borderer

borderers

bordering

borders

border (on)

border on

borderer (plural borderers)

Words That Rhyme With Borderer

ordererorder her

Origin of Borderer

From border + -er.

First Known Use

14th centuryt

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