Word Meanings - BOUNDARY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary limit. But still his native country lies Beyond the boundaries of the skies. N. Cotton. That bright and tranquil

Additional info about word: BOUNDARY

That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary limit. But still his native country lies Beyond the boundaries of the skies. N. Cotton. That bright and tranquil stream, the boundary of Louth and Meath. Macaulay. Sensation and reflection are the boundaries of our thoughts. Locke. Syn. -- Limit; bound; border; term; termination; barrier; verge; confines; precinct. Bound, Boundary. Boundary, in its original and strictest sense, is a visible object or mark indicating a limit. Bound is the limit itself. But in ordinary usage the two words are made interchangeable.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of BOUNDARY)

• Border
• Limit
• boundary
• brink
• rim
• verge
• brim
• edge
• edging
• band
• hem
• enclosure
• confine
• Circumference
• Periphery
• circuit
• outline
• Enclosure
• Fence
• ring
• limit
• park
• close
• circle
• field
• precinct
• Margin
• Edge
• lip
• latitude
• room
• loophole
• extremity
• Precinct
• Precincts
• Purlieus
• environs
• bounds
• district

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of BOUNDARY)

• Open
• initiate
• conduct
• protract
• Decline
• deviate
• revert
• depart
• recede
• return
• back
• retrocede

Related words: (words related to BOUNDARY)

• FENCE MONTH
  the month in which female deer are fawning, when hunting is prohibited. Bullokar. -- Fence roof, a covering for defense. "They fitted their shields close to one another in manner of a fence roof." Holland. Fence time, the breeding time of fish or
• VERGER
  One who carries a verge, or emblem of office. Specifically: -- An attendant upon a dignitary, as on a bishop, a dean, a justice, etc. Strype. The official who takes care of the interior of a church building.
• FIELD
  The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon it. See Illust. of Fess, where the field is represented as gules , while the fess is argent . 6. An unresticted or favorable opportunity
• CIRCLED
  Having the form of a circle; round. "Monthly changes in her circled orb." Shak.
• MARGINALIA
  Marginal notes.
• CONFINER
  One who, or that which, limits or restrains.
• FIELDING
  The act of playing as a fielder.
• REVERT
  To change back. See Revert, v. i. To revert a series , to treat a series, as y = a + bx + cx2 + etc., where one variable y is expressed in powers of a second variable x, so as to find therefrom the second variable x, expressed in a series arranged
• LIMITARIAN
  Tending to limit.
• LIMITIVE
  Involving a limit; as, a limitive law, one designed to limit existing powers.
• LIMITABLE
  Capable of being limited.
• MARGINALLY
  In the margin of a book.
• FENCER
  One who fences; one who teaches or practices the art of fencing with sword or foil. As blunt as the fencer's foils. Shak.
• CIRCUITOUS
  Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accompalishing an end. -- Cir*cu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Cir*cu"i*tous*ness, n. Syn. -- Tortuous; winding; sinuous; serpentine.
• EDGELESS
  Without an edge; not sharp; blunt; obtuse; as, an edgeless sword or weapon.
• MARGINAL
  1. Of or pertaining to a margin. 2. Written or printed in the margin; as, a marginal note or gloss.
• DEPARTURE
  The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another. Bouvier. (more info) 1. Division; separation; putting away. No other remedy . . . but absolute departure. Milton.
• CLOSEHANDED
  Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted. -- Close"hand`ed*ness, n.
• DEPARTMENT
  1. Act of departing; departure. Sudden departments from one extreme to another. Wotton. 2. A part, portion, or subdivision. 3. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province. Superior to Pope in Pope's
• VERGETTE
  Divided by pallets, or pales; paly. W. Berry.
• SAFE-CONDUCT
  That which gives a safe, passage; either a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign country, or a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety. Shak.
• PREKNOWLEDGE
  Prior knowledge.
• HOMEFIELD
  Afield adjacent to its owner's home. Hawthorne.
• LEDGEMENT
  See LEDGMENT
• WEDGY
  Like a wedge; wedge-shaped.
• UNLIMITED
  1. Not limited; having no bounds; boundless; as, an unlimited expanse of ocean. 2. Undefined; indefinite; not bounded by proper exceptions; as, unlimited terms. "Nothing doth more prevail than unlimited generalities." Hooker. 3. Unconfined; not
• UNCLOSE
  1. To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a letter; to unclose one's eyes. 2. To disclose; to lay open; to reveal.
• ENCLOSE
  To inclose. See Inclose.
• LEADING EDGE
  same as Advancing edge, above.
• DEFENCE
  See DEFENSE
• PARCLOSE
  A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church. Hook.
• IMBORDER
  To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.