confines

confines
a) the borders or limits of an area
b) elements that restrain one

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  • Confines — Bandera …   Wikipedia Español

  • Confines —   Municipality and town   Location of the municipality and town of Confines in the Santander Department of Colombia …   Wikipedia

  • confines — I noun borders, boundaries, boundary lines, bounds, compound, confinements, curbs, curtilages, division lines, edges, enclosures, ends, environs, extents, extremities, fringes, limitations, limits, lines of demarcation, metes, outer edges,… …   Law dictionary

  • confines — [n] boundaries borders, bounds, circumference, compass, country, dimension, edge, end, environs, extent, limits, orbit, periphery, precinct, proportions, purlieus, purview, radius, range, reach, region, scope, sweep, term, terrain, territory;… …   New thesaurus

  • confines — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ close, cramped, limited, narrow, rigid, small, strict, tight ▪ issues that go beyond the limited confines of the book …   Collocations dictionary

  • Confines — 6°25′N 73°10′W / 6.417, 73.167 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • confines — con|fines [ˈkɔnfaınz US ˈka:n ] n [plural] [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: confins, from Latin confine border , from com ( COM ) + finis end ] limits or borders within/beyond the confines of sth ▪ within the confines of the prison …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • confines — con|fines [ kan,faınz ] noun plural 1. ) the borders or edges of a place: They spent most of their time within the confines of the school. 2. ) the limits of something such as an activity or way of life: You can t really discuss politics within… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • confines — noun (plural) limits or borders: within/beyond the confines of: within the confines of the prison …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • confines — UK [ˈkɒnfaɪnz] / US [ˈkɑnˌfaɪnz] noun [plural] 1) the borders or edges of a place They spent most of their time within the confines of the school. 2) the limits of something such as an activity or way of life You can t really discuss politics… …   English dictionary

  • Confines — Admin ASC 2 Code Orig. name Confines Country and Admin Code CO.26.3685996 CO …   World countries Adminstrative division ASC I-II

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