Definitions for frontier

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frontier fron·tier

Spelling: [fruhn-teer, fron-; also, esp. British, fruhn-teer]

IPA: /frʌnˈtɪər, frɒn-; also, esp. British, ˈfrʌn tɪər/

Frontier is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 226 anagrams from letters in frontier (efinorrt).

Definitions for frontier

noun

1. the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border.
2. the land or territory that forms the furthest extent of a country's settled or inhabited regions.
3. Often, frontiers. the limit of knowledge or the most advanced achievement in a particular field: an outer limit in a field of endeavor, especially one in which the opportunities for research and development have not been exploited:
4. Mathematics. boundary (def 2).

adjective

1. of, relating to, or located on the frontier:

Origin of frontier

1350-1400; Middle English frounter Old French frontier, equivalent to front (in the sense of opposite side; see front) + -ier -ier²

Examples for frontier

The agitations and vexations of other governments stop at the Austrian frontier.

They said that on August 23 they had arrived by train in the Rostov region of Russia near the Ukraine frontier.

The dead man, they said, had desired to be buried across the frontier.

A guy with a baseball cap tells me that the frontier one closed last month.

She went ahead and flew on frontier Flight 1143 from Cleveland back to Dallas.

At a minimum it could boost the number of troops it has patrolling the 900-kilometer frontier, Yavuz told The Daily Beast.

Nothing but watch, that is, and prevent Kurdish reinforcements from crossing the frontier to help defend Kobani.

They may throw a sidelight on the great drama of frontier war.

Thus the Mohmands cross the frontier and the action of Shabkadr is fought.

Thence we have followed it to Mardan and across the frontier.