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1 ♦ border
♦ border /ˈbɔ:də(r)/n.2 ( di giardino) bordura; aiuola ( lunga e stretta): a border of flowers, una bordura di fiori; herbaceous border, aiuola piantata a erbe e fiori perenni3 ( anche fig.) confine; frontiera: southern border, confine meridionale; the Swiss border, la frontiera svizzera; across the border, al di là del confine; oltreconfine; border incident, incidente di frontiera NOTA D'USO: - frontier, border o boundary?-4 margine; limitare(to) border /ˈbɔ:də(r)/A v. t.2 confinare con: Spain borders France along the Pyrenees, la Spagna confina con la Francia lungo i Pirenei3 delimitare; fare da confine a; fiancheggiare; costeggiare: My field is bordered by a brook, il mio campo è delimitato da un ruscello; A dense wood borders the northern shore of the lake, una densa foresta si stende lungo la sponda nord del lagoB v. i.2 – to border on, rasentare: an attitude bordering on provocation, un atteggiamento che rasenta la provocazione.
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