Definitions for boundaries

boundaries bound·a·ry

Spelling: [boun-duh-ree, -dree]
IPA: /ˈbaʊn də ri, -dri/

Boundaries is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 1327 anagrams from letters in boundaries (abdeinorsu).

Definitions for boundaries

noun

  1. something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
  2. Also called frontier. Mathematics. the collection of all points of a given set having the property that every neighborhood of each point contains points in the set and in the complement of the set.
  3. Cricket. a hit in which the ball reaches or crosses the boundary line of the field on one or more bounces, counting four runs for the batsman. Compare six (def 5).

Origin of boundaries

First recorded in 1620-30; bound3 + -ary

Examples for boundaries

Many former employees described Masters as a demanding, overbearing micromanager who had no boundaries.

What happened to true love knows no boundaries and all that?

Arthur pursued the path which would take him round the cathedral to the boundaries.

The fundamental issue: the boundaries of the underwater Lomonosov Ridge.

Never did he set his foot beyond the boundaries of his garden.

Boys were flogged at boundaries, to impress the boundaries on their memory.

Monks also erected crosses to mark the boundaries of the property of their monastery.

The parties could agree neither on terms of consolidation nor on boundaries.

But it is a worrying claim nonetheless, one of many testing the boundaries of this new area of law.

The doctors promise that the initiative will “disarm the boundaries between psychiatry, humanities, and hip-hop culture.”

Word Value for boundaries
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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