| NOUN | location | frontier | a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country |
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| location | frontier | an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary | |
| cognition | frontier | an undeveloped field of study |
| Sounds | frahntih'r | |
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| Rhymes | acyclovir ... zaire / Zaire: 93 rhymes with ihr... | |
| Meaning | A wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country. | |
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| Example | "the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day" | |
| Broader | wilderness, wild | A wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition |
| Spanish | frontera | |
| Catalan | frontera | |
| Meaning | An international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary. | |
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| Instances | Triple Frontier | The border area where Argentina and Brazil and Paraguay meet |
| Broader | boundary, bound, bounds | The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something |
| Spanish | frontera | |
| Catalan | frontera | |
| Meaning | An undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development. | |
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| Example | "he worked at the frontier of brain science" | |
| Broader | discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick | A branch of knowledge |
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