borderland
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bor·der·land

noun \ˈbr-dər-ˌland\

Definition of BORDERLAND

1
a : territory at or near a border
b : fringe 3a <lives on the borderland of society>
2
: a vague intermediate state or region <the borderland between fantasy and reality>

Examples of BORDERLAND

  1. in the borderland between sleeping and waking
  2. He describes adolescence as the tumultuous borderlands between childhood and adulthood.

First Known Use of BORDERLAND

1811

Related to BORDERLAND

Synonyms
border, frontier, march

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