Boundary Definition

boundə-rē, -drē
boundaries
noun
boundaries
Any line or thing marking a limit; bound; border.
Webster's New World
The border or limit so indicated.
American Heritage

The dividing line or location between two areas.

Wiktionary

(cricket) An event whereby the ball is struck and either touches or passes over a boundary (with or without bouncing), usually resulting in an award of 4 (a four) or 6 (a six) runs respectively for the batting team.

Wiktionary

(topology) (of a set) The set of points in the closure of a set , not belonging to the interior of that set.

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Other Word Forms of Boundary

Noun

Singular:
boundary
Plural:
boundaries

Origin of Boundary

  • Old French, from Latin

    From Wiktionary

Boundary Sentence Examples

  • They remain at the boundary of his kingdom and Corcoran.

  • The Nerbudda river formed the boundary between the two empires.

  • As in, when I say the word boundary, you stop whatever it is you're doing or about to do and leave me alone.

  • At that time I eagerly absorbed everything I read without a thought of authorship, and even now I cannot be quite sure of the boundary line between my ideas and those I find in books.

  • The forest has never so good a setting, nor is so distinctly beautiful, as when seen from the middle of a small lake amid hills which rise from the water's edge; for the water in which it is reflected not only makes the best foreground in such a case, but, with its winding shore, the most natural and agreeable boundary to it.

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Words Starting With

BBOBOU

Words Ending With

YRYARY

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Words Starting With B and Ending With Y

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With B8 Letter Words Ending With Y