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   frontier

   /ˈfrʌntɪə/

   noun

   • 1. a line or border separating two countries: "international crime knows no frontiers"
   • ▪ the extreme limit of settled land beyond which lies wilderness, especially in reference to the western US before Pacific settlement: "his novel of the American frontier"
   • ▪ the extreme limit of understanding or achievement in a particular area: "the success of science in extending the frontiers of knowledge"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French frontiere, based on Latin frons, front- ‘front’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. frontierless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • F

     4

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

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