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   boundary

   /ˈbaʊnd(ə)ri/

   noun

   • 1. a line which marks the limits of an area; a dividing line: "a county boundary" Similar borderfrontierborderlinepartitiondividing linebounding lineboundsconfineslimitsouter limitsextremitiesmarginsedgesfringesborderperipheryperimetercircumferencerimcircuitliterary:margebournskirt
   • ▪ a limit of something abstract, especially a subject or sphere of activity: "a community without class or political boundaries" Similar dividing linedividedivisionborderlinedemarcation lineline of demarcationcut-off pointthresholdlimitsparametersboundsouter limitsconfinesextremitiesbarriersthresholdsambitcompass
   • 2. a hit crossing the limits of the field, scoring four or six runs.

   Word Origin early 17th century: variant of dialect bounder, from bound2 + -er1, perhaps on the pattern of limitary.

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