border

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noun

1 line that divides two countries

ADJECTIVE

▪ open

▪ closed

▪ porous

▪ common

▪

Brazil has a common border with most South American countries.

▪ disputed

▪ northern, southern, etc.

▪ international, national

VERB + BORDER

▪ arrive at, reach, stop at

▪ cross, drive across, drive over, slip across, slip over

▪

They slipped across the border at nightfall.

▪ escape across, escape over, flee across, flee over

▪ form, mark

▪

A river forms the border.

▪ draw, draw up, establish, fix

▪ guard, patrol

▪ open

▪ close, seal

▪ secure

▪ share

▪

Ethiopia shares its longest border with Somalia.

BORDER + NOUN

▪ crossing, post

▪ region, town

▪ control, guard, troops

▪ clash, dispute, war

▪ raid

▪ clash, incident, skirmish

PREPOSITION

▪ across a/the border, over a/the border

▪

to smuggle goods across the border

▪ along a/the border

▪

There has been fighting along the border.

▪ at a/the border, on a/the border

▪

We were stopped on the border.

▪ on the border of

▪

a farm on the border of Cumbria and Yorkshire

▪ up to the border

▪

He drove us right up to the Russian border.

▪ border between, border of

▪

the border between Austria and Switzerland

▪ border with

▪

the border with Mexico

PHRASES

▪ north of the border, south of the border

▪ on both sides of the border, on one side of the border

▪

There has been fighting on both sides of the border.

2 decorative band/strip around the edge of sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ wide

▪ narrow

▪ decorative

VERB + BORDER

▪ have

▪

The tablecloth has a narrow lace border.

▪ draw

PREPOSITION

▪ with a/the border

▪

a white handkerchief with a blue border

▪ border around, border round (esp. BrE)

▪

She drew a decorative border around the picture.

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verb

Border is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑country

Border is used with these nouns as the object: ↑edge