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Antonyms for boundary
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : boun-duh-ree, -dree |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbaʊn də ri, -dri |
Definition of boundary
Origin :- 1620s, from bound (n.) + -ary.
- noun outer limit
- They are like explorers who should mistake a boundary for the interior of a continent.
- Extract from : « Bride of the Mistletoe » by James Lane Allen
- They are crossing the boundary between the first childhood and the second.
- Extract from : « Bride of the Mistletoe » by James Lane Allen
- The seventh of these hath a bough which shoots over the boundary wall.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Right ahead was a stone marker which he knew marked the boundary of 150 Nevada.
- Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
- The misfortune then was that no boundary stones could be found.
- Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
- Practically, there were nearer a hundred chains of boundary.
- Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
- In my childhood I saw it,—that Boundary House on the summit.
- Extract from : « The Trail of a Sourdough » by May Kellogg Sullivan
- When I cross her boundary, I always feel that I am coming home.
- Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
- Some one in the audience suggested the Boyne as the boundary of the frontier.
- Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham
- The fourth article draws the boundary between the Indians and the citizens of the United States.
- Extract from : « Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, at January Term, 1832, Delivered by Mr. Chief Justice Marshall in the Case of Samuel A. Worcester, Plaintiff in Error, versus the State of Georgia » by John Marshall
Synonyms for boundary
- abuttals
- ambit
- barrier
- beginning
- border
- borderland
- borderline
- bounds
- brink
- circumference
- circumscription
- compass
- confines
- edge
- end
- environs
- extent
- extremity
- frame
- fringe
- frontier
- hem
- horizon
- limits
- line
- line of demarcation
- march
- margin
- mark
- mere
- mete
- outline
- outpost
- pale
- perimeter
- periphery
- precinct
- purlieus
- radius
- rim
- side
- skirt
- terminal
- termination
- terminus
- verge
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