Definition of borderland
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Examples of borderland in a Sentence
in the borderland between sleeping and waking
He describes adolescence as the tumultuous borderlands between childhood and adulthood.
Recent Examples of borderland from the Web
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Borderlands has a lot going for it, but the constant interruptions add a layer of narrative that the game simply doesn’t need.
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First Known Use of borderland
1811
BORDERLAND Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of borderland for English Language Learners
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: the land on either side of a border between countries
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: an unclear state or condition that is between two things and is like each of them in some ways
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