frontier

frontier is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, adjective, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; the border of the settled and cultivated part of a country; as, the frontier of civilization. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; the border of the settled and cultivated part of a country; as, the frontier of civilization.
2. noun. An outwork.
3. adjective. Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous; as, a frontier town.
4. adjective. Of or relating to a frontier.
5. intransitive verb. To constitute or form a frontier; to have a frontier; -- with on.
6. noun. an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development

   "he worked at the frontier of brain science"

7. noun. an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary
8. noun. a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country

   "the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day"

Common word forms

frontiers, frontierless

Words from these letters

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