Synonymer

Uttal

    • IPA: /ˈfɹʌn.tɪə(ɹ)/

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Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; the border of the settled and cultivated part of a country; as, the frontier of civilization.
  2. (obsolete) An outwork of a fortification.

Adjektiv

  1. Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous.

Exempel

  • Unlike a boundary, which evokes the image of a line on a map and demarcates spheres of political control, the frontier is an area where colonisation is taking place....no authority is recognised as legitimate by all parties or is able to excersise undisputed control over the area.
  • Palisadoes, frontiers, parapets.
  • a frontier town

Böjningsformer

Pluralfrontiers

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