[ UK /fɹˈʌnti‍ə/ ]
[ US /fɹənˈtɪɹ/ ]
NOUN
  1. an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary
  2. an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development
    he worked at the frontier of brain science
  3. a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
    the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day
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How To Use frontier In A Sentence

  • Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails. VIII. The Lordly Buffalo
  • Space is the final frontier for us to explore.
  • The fugitive slave problem on the southeastern frontier dated back to the colonial period.
  • The frontier ran roughly north-westwards from London into the north-west midlands; Guthrum was to withdraw with his troops behind this line, where he was to be recognized as king of an independent kingdom.
  • Inspection" means that the Frontier Health and Quarantine Organ( hereinafter referred to as the" Health and Quarantine Organ") carries out medical inspection and sanitary inspection.
  • I give more credit to the nameless women who settled the frontier and thus earned the right to vote in western states.
  • I'm interested in expanding the frontiers of real-world liberty, not spinning Utopias.
  • Forget clunky mobiles and oversized tablets - wearable technology is the next frontier. Times, Sunday Times
  • In a world of shifting boundaries, vanishing borders, and proliferating frontiers, security is even more difficult to achieve.
  • We have always said that our story is like the story of the frontier towns and the hinterland outposts.
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