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Another word for perimeter

perimeter Synonyms

perimeter

n.

margin, outline, border; see boundary, edge 1. See syn. study at circumference.

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Another word for perimeter

noun

A line around a closed figure or area:
ambit, circuit, circumference, compass, periphery. See edge
(Chiefly Military)
A fairly narrow line or space forming a boundary:
border, borderline, brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, margin, periphery, rim, verge. See edge

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He was touring the perimeter, as he did daily.
It was the perimeter security check.
Guards hung back in a loose perimeter around him, but they had thus far not challenged him.
In the past forty-eight hours, there had been fifty perimeter breaches, all from the west wall.
Concrete floors were cool beneath her bare feet, and the perimeter was lit by dim lighting.

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