Frontier

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An international border.
  • n. The area along an international border.
  • n. A region just beyond or at the edge of a settled area.
  • n. An undeveloped area or field for discovery or research: theories on the frontier of astrophysics.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; the border of the settled and cultivated part of a country; as, the frontier of civilization.
  • adj. Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous.
  • adj. Of or relating to a frontier.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; the border of the settled and cultivated part of a country.
  • n. An outwork.
  • adj. Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous.
  • adj. Of or relating to a frontier.
  • verb-intransitive. To constitute or form a frontier; to have a frontier; -- with on.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. That part of a country which fronts or faces another country; the confines or extreme part of a country bordering on another country; the marches; the border.
  • n. That part of a country which forms the border of its settled or inhabited regions: as (before the settlement of the Pacific coast), the western frontier of the United States.
  • n. A fort; a fortification.
  • n. The front or bordering part of anything, as the forehead.
  • n. Antagonistic or insolent bearing or aspect. [The sense of the word in the following passage is disputed.
  • n. Synonyms Border, Confine, etc. See boundary.
  • Of or pertaining to a frontier; lying on the border or exterior part; bordering: as, a frontier town.
  • Fronting; opposite.
  • To form or constitute a frontier; possess territories bordering on or constituting a frontier: with on or upon.
  • To place on the frontier; border.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development
  • n. a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
  • n. an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    field    field of study    subject area    subject    study    discipline    subject field    bailiwick    wild    wilderness   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    outwork    bordering    conterminous    border    coast   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bombardier    Chevalier    Clear    Deere    Fear    Greer    Imagineer    Lanier    Lear    Meir   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    border    coast    territory    boundary    province    settlement    fortress    capital    outpost    district