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border

noun [C] (DIVISION)
 
 
/bɔː.dər/ US  /ˈbɔːr.dɚ/

Definition

B1 the line that divides one country from another: Were you stopped at the border? The train crosses the border between France and Spain. The two countries have had frequent border disputes.Territorial boundaries
(Definition of border noun (DIVISION) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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