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bound·a·ry  (bound-r, -dr)

n. pl. bound·a·ries

1. Something that indicates a border or limit.

2. The border or limit so indicated.

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boundary

Noun

pl -ries

1. something that indicates the farthest limit, such as of an area

2. Cricket

a. the marked limit of the playing area

b. a stroke that hits the ball beyond this limit, scoring four or six runs

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	boundary - the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something bounds, bound hairline - the natural margin formed by hair on the head frontier - an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary heliopause - the boundary marking the edge of the sun's influence; the boundary (roughly 100 AU from the sun) between the interplanetary medium and the interstellar medium; where the solar wind from the sun and the radiation from other stars meet border, borderline, boundary line, delimitation, mete - a line that indicates a boundary bourn, bourne - an archaic term for a boundary district line - the boundary between two districts county line - the boundary between two counties city line - the boundary of a city edge, border - the boundary of a surface end - a boundary marking the extremities of something; "the end of town" extremity - the outermost or farthest region or point demarcation, demarcation line, limit - the boundary of a specific area lineation, outline - the line that appears to bound an object surface - the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object; "they skimmed over the surface of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface" shoreline - a boundary line between land and water
	2.	boundary - a line determining the limits of an area bound, edge line - a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point rim - the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object margin, perimeter, border - the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary fringe, outer boundary, periphery - the outside boundary or surface of something brink, verge, threshold - a region marking a boundary upper bound - (mathematics) a number equal to or greater than any other number in a given set lower bound - (mathematics) a number equal to or less than any other number in a given set thalweg - the middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states
	3.	boundary - the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability" limit, bound extent - the distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent" knife-edge - a narrow boundary; "he lived on a knife-edge between genius and insanity" absoluteness, starkness, utterness - the quality of being complete or utter or extreme; "the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections" heat barrier, thermal barrier - a limit to high speed flight imposed by aerodynamic heating level best, utmost, uttermost, maximum - the greatest possible degree; "he tried his utmost" verge, brink - the limit beyond which something happens or changes; "on the verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy"

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boundary

noun 1. frontier, edge, border, march, barrier, margin, brink

noun 2. edges, limits, bounds, pale, confines, fringes, verges, precinct, extremities

noun 3. dividing line, borderline

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A line that delineates surface areas for the purpose of facilitating coordination and deconfliction of operations between adjacent units, formations, or areas. See also airspace control boundary.

Translations

boundary [ˈbaundrɪ] n → límite m; lindero

boundary [ˈbaundrɪ] n → frontière f

boundary [ˈbaundrɪ] n → Grenze f

boundary [ˈbaundrɪ] n → confine m

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boundary

n boundary [ˈbaundəri]

1 an often imaginary line separating one thing from another the boundary between two towns.grensحَدٌّграницаrozmezígrænse; skældie Grenzlinieόριο, σύνορο (συν. νοητό)fronterapiirمرزrajafrontièreגְבוּלसीमाgranicahatár(vonal)perbatasanmörk, takmörk, landamæriconfine境界경계(선)ribarobežasempadangrensgrense(linje)granicafronteiragraniţăграницаrozmedziemejagranična linijagräns[]อาณาเขตsınır, hudut分界線межа; кордонحد ، حدودđường biên giới, ranh giới分界线

2 (in cricket) a hit which crosses the boundary line round the field, scoring four runs or six runs. grensحَد، خَط فاصِلудар извън игрищетоhod/bod za pomezní čárugrænse(-linje)der Schlag bis zur Spielfeldgrenzepuntoülepiirilöökسرحدrajalyöntilimiteמַכָּה מִעֵבֶר לִתחוּם הַמִגרַש בְּקרִיקֶטबाउंडरीudarac koji seže do granica poljapukulanútfyrir; mark (skor í krikkett)境界線打ribinis smūgisgaris sempadanboundaryautpontuaçãoудар за линию поляhod za pomedznú čiaruudarac preko granica terena(กีฬาคริกเก็ต) การตีข้ามเส้นขอบสนามbirkaç sekmede sınıra ulaştıran vuruş（板球）邊界球удар за межу поляچو حدیcú chạm vượt đường biên（板球）边界球