HyperDic: periphery

English > 1 sense of the word *periphery*:
NOUN	shape	periphery, fringe, outer boundary	the outside boundary or surface of something

periphery > pronunciation
Sounds	perih'feriy
Rhymes	accessory ... worry: 201 rhymes with eriy...

English > *periphery*: 1 sense > noun 1, shape
Meaning	The outside boundary or surface of something.
Synonyms	fringe, outer boundary
Broader	boundary, edge, bound	A line determining the limits of an area
Spanish	borde, periferia
Catalan	perifèria, vora
Adjectives	peripheral	on or near an edge or constituting / constituting an outer boundary