A line that indicates a boundary.

synonyms: borderline, boundary line, delimitation, mete.

Roget 66: beginning, commencement, opening, outset, incipience, inception, inchoation^†; introduction etc. (precursor) 64; alpha, initial; inauguration, debut, le premier pas, embarcation [Fr.], rising of the curtain; maiden speech; outbreak, onset, brunt; initiative, move, first move; narrow end of the wedge, thin end of the wedge; fresh start, new departure.    origin etc. (cause) 153; source, rise; bud, germ etc. 153; egg, rudiment; genesis, primogenesis^†, birth, nativity, cradle, infancy; start, inception, creation, starting point etc. 293; dawn etc. (morning) 125; evolution.    title-page; head, heading; van etc. (front) 234; caption, fatihah^†.    entrance, entry; inlet, orifice, mouth, chops, lips, porch, portal, portico, propylon^†, door; gate, gateway; postern, wicket, threshold, vestibule; propylaeum^†; skirts, border etc. (edge) 231.    first stage, first blush, first glance, first impression, first sight.    rudiments, elements, outlines, grammar, alphabet, ABC.    ... show more

Roget 227: circumjacence^†, circumambience^†; environment, encompassment; atmosphere, medium, surroundings.    outpost; border etc. (edge) 231; girdle etc. (circumference) 230; outskirts, boulebards, suburbs, purlieus, precincts, faubourgs^†, environs, entourage, banlieue^†; neighborhood, vicinage, vicinity.    ... show more

Roget 371: agriculture, cultivation, husbandry, farming; georgics, geoponics^†; tillage, agronomy, gardening, spade husbandry, vintage; horticulture, arboriculture^†, floriculture; landscape gardening; viticulture.    husbandman, horticulturist, gardener, florist; agricultor^†, agriculturist; yeoman, farmer, cultivator, tiller of the soil, woodcutter, backwoodsman; granger, habitat, vigneron^†, viticulturist; Triptolemus.    field, meadow, garden; botanic garden^†, winter garden, ornamental garden, flower garden, kitchen garden, market garden, hop garden; nursery; green house, hot house; conservatory, bed, border, seed plot; grassplot^†, grassplat^†, lawn; park etc. (pleasure ground) 840; parterre, shrubbery, plantation, avenue, arboretum, pinery^†, pinetum^†, orchard; vineyard, vinery; orangery^†; farm etc. (abode) 189.    ... show more

Dutch: toemeten, afbakening, afgrenzing, afpaling, afperking, begrenzing, demarcatie
Polish: bordiura, bordiurka

The boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary.

synonyms: margin, perimeter.

Roget 231: edge, verge, brink, brow, brim, margin, border, confine, skirt, rim, flange, side, mouth; jaws, chops, chaps, fauces; lip, muzzle.    threshold, door, porch; portal etc. (opening) 260; coast, shore.    frame, fringe, flounce, frill, list, trimming, edging, skirting, hem, selvedge, welt, furbelow, valance, gimp.    ... show more

Dutch: omtrek, omgeving, perimeter, marge, randgebied, grensgebied, kantlijn

The boundary of a surface.

synonym: edge.

Dutch: contour, kant, rand

A decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge.

synonyms: molding, moulding.

Roget 847: ornament, ornamentation, ornamental art; ornature^†, ornateness; adornment, decoration, embellishment; architecture; jewelry etc. 847.1. [surface coatings for wood: list] garnish, polish, varnish, French polish, veneer, japanning, lacquer.    [surface coatings for metal] gilding, plating, ormolu, enamel, cloisonn_e.    [surface coatings for human skin] cosmetics (in general), makeup; [Makeup list], eye shadow, rouge, face powder, lipstick, blush.    [ornamental surface pattern: list] pattern, diaper, powdering, paneling, graining, pargeting^†; detail; repousse (convexity) 250; texture etc. 329; richness; tracery, molding, fillet, listel^†, strapwork^†, coquillage [Fr.], flourish, fleur-de-lis [Fr.], arabesque, fret, anthemion^†; egg and tongue, egg and dart; astragal^†, zigzag, acanthus, cartouche; pilaster etc. (projection) 250; bead, beading; champleve ware [Fr.], cloisonne ware; frost work, Moresque [Lat.], Morisco, tooling.    [ornamental cloth] embroidery; brocade, brocatelle^†, galloon, lace, fringe, trapping, border, edging, trimming; hanging, tapestry, arras; millinery, ermine; drap d'or [Fr.].    wreath, festoon, garland, chaplet, flower, nosegay, bouquet, posy, daisies pied and violets blue," tassel, [Love's Labor's Lost], knot; shoulder knot, apaulette^†, epaulet, aigulet^†, frog; star, rosette, bow; feather, plume, pompom^†, panache, aigrette.    finery, frippery, gewgaw, gimcrack, tinsel, spangle, clinquant^†, pinchbeck, paste; excess of ornament etc. (vulgarity) 851; gaud, pride.    [ornamentation of text] illustration, illumination, vignette.    fleuron^†; head piece [Fr.], tail piece [Fr.]; cul-de-lampe [Fr.]; flowers of rhetoric etc. 577; work of art.    ... show more

A strip forming the outer edge of something.

Dutch: border, grens, kant, kantje, rand

Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.

synonyms: environ, ring, skirt, surround.

Dutch: omcirkelen, insluiten, omgeven, omleggen, omringen, omsluiten, omtrekken

Form the boundary of; be contiguous to.

synonym: bound.

Enclose in or as if in a frame.

synonyms: frame, frame in.

Provide with a border or edge.

synonym: edge.

Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary.

synonyms: abut, adjoin, butt, butt against, butt on, edge, march.

Dutch: aanliggen, grenzen, aangrenzen