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    Frontier

    Definitions

    1 | noun | a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country 2 | noun | an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary 3 | noun | an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development

    Pronunciation

    fruhnt'ir (IPA: frəntˈɪr)

    Hyphenation

    fron-tier (8 letters | 2 syllables)

    First known use in English

    1400 (Late Middle ages | European Renaissance) (625 years ago)

    Word origin

    Old French

    Word frequency history

    Inflected form

    frontiers

    Narrower terms

    Triple Frontier

    Broader terms

    wild | wilderness | bound | boundary | bounds | bailiwick | discipline | field | field of study | study | subject | subject area | subject field (total: 13)

    Rhymes

    adhere | amir | appear | auctioneer | austere | bandolier | beer | belvedere | bombardier | brigadier | career | cashier | cavalier | chandelier | cheer | ... (total: 73) (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Lexically close words

    frostier

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Phrase

    frontier settlement

    Translations

    Spanish: | frontera (country) French: | frontière (country) | limite (country) Portuguese: | divisa (country) | fronteira (country) | limite (country) German: | Grenze (country) Italian: | confine (country) | frontiera (country)

    Other notable uses

    Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan) | Frontier County (Nebraska, United States)

    Frontier (North Dakota, 195 people)

    Frontier Living (Edwin Tunis)

    The Forgotten Frontier | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

    frontier.com | frontier.net | frontier.org

    Crossword puzzle clues

    (none)

    Scrabble score

    11 (International English) | 11 (North American English)

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