{
    "term": "border",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "image": "data/images/ed/edge_rim_border.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the line that divides two countries or areas; the land near this line",
            "sensetop": "border between A and Bborder with somethingacross the borderover the borderon the borderat the borderalong the border",
            "labels": "(figurative)(British English)(US English)(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I live in a small town in the US, near the Canadian border."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thousands of people **cross the border** every day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They took steps to **secure the border**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to seal/close the border"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They spent a week in a national park on the border between Kenya and Tanzania.",
                    "contextForm": "border between A and B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is difficult to define the border between love and friendship."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The treaty fixed Denmark's new border with Germany.",
                    "contextForm": "border with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They fled across the border.",
                    "contextForm": "across the border"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They live just over the border.",
                    "contextForm": "over the border"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The incident happened on Nevada's northern border.",
                    "contextForm": "on the border"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were stopped at the border.",
                    "contextForm": "at the border"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are tensions all along the border.",
                    "contextForm": "along the border"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**border crossings**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**border patrols/security/guards**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "border controls"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a border dispute"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a border town/village/county"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a border region/area"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Brazil has a common border with most South American countries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ethiopia shares its longest border with Somalia."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He drove us right up to the Mexican border."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Poland has a common border with Germany."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There has been fighting along the border."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There has been fighting on both sides of the border."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They slipped across the border at nightfall."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were stopped on the border."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a farm on the border of Cumbria and Yorkshire"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to smuggle goods across the border"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["open", "closed", "porous"],
                "verb + border": ["arrive at", "reach", "stop at"],
                "border + noun": ["crossing", "post", "region"],
                "preposition": [
                    "across a/​the border",
                    "over a/​the border",
                    "along a/​the border"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "north of the border",
                    "south of the border",
                    "on both sides of the border"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a long narrow piece around the edge of something such as a picture or a piece of cloth",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a pillowcase with a lace border"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She drew a decorative border around the picture."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The tablecloth has a narrow lace border."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a white handkerchief with a blue border"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["wide", "narrow", "decorative"],
                "verb + border": ["have", "draw"],
                "preposition": ["with a/​the border", "border around", "border round"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a long narrow area of soil which is planted with flowers, along the edge of the grass",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The back garden is mostly lawn with herbaceous borders."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Gardens"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbɔːdə(r)/",
                "audio": "bo/border/border__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbɔːrdər/",
                "audio": "bo/border/border__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French bordeure; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to board."
}