'Frontier' definitions:
Definition of 'frontier'
(from WordNet)
noun
A wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country; "the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day"
noun
An international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary
noun
An undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development; "he worked at the frontier of brain science"
Definition of 'Frontier'
From: GCIDE
- Frontier \Fron"tier\, v. i. To constitute or form a frontier; to have a frontier; -- with on. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Frontier'
From: GCIDE
- Frontier \Fron"tier\, n. [F. fronti[`e]re, LL. frontaria. See Front.]
- 1. That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; the border of the settled and cultivated part of a country; as, the frontier of civilization. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Fort.) An outwork. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Palisadoes, frontiers, parapets. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Frontier'
From: GCIDE
- Frontier \Fron"tier\, a.
- 1. Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous; as, a frontier town. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Of or relating to a frontier. "Frontier experience." --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'frontier'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anteriority,
- antipodes,
- back country,
- backcountry,
- backwash,
- backwater,
- backwoods,
- bamboo curtain,
- Berlin wall,
- bold front,
- boondock,
- boondocks,
- border,
- border ground,
- border line,
- bordering,
- borderland,
- borderline,
- bound,
- boundary,
- boundary condition,
- boundary line,
- bounding,
- bounds,
- bourn,
- brave face,
- brave front,
- break boundary,
- breakoff point,
- brush,
- bush,
- bush country,
- bushveld,
- ceiling,
- China,
- circumscription,
- coastal,
- compass,
- confine,
- cutoff,
- cutoff point,
- dark horse,
- Darkest Africa,
- deadline,
- delimitation,
- determinant,
- determinative,
- determining,
- display,
- division line,
- end,
- enigma,
- extreme,
- extremes,
- extremity,
- facade,
- face,
- facet,
- facia,
- finish,
- floor,
- fore,
- forefront,
- foreground,
- forehand,
- foreland,
- forepart,
- forequarter,
- foreside,
- forests,
- foreword,
- fringing,
- front,
- front elevation,
- front line,
- front man,
- front matter,
- front page,
- front view,
- frontage,
- frontal,
- frontier post,
- frontiers of knowledge,
- frontispiece,
- God knows where,
- godforsaken place,
- Greenland,
- hack,
- head,
- heading,
- hedge,
- high-water mark,
- hinterland,
- interface,
- iron curtain,
- jumping-off place,
- lap,
- limbic,
- limen,
- liminal,
- limit,
- limitation,
- limiting,
- limiting factor,
- limits,
- line,
- line of demarcation,
- littoral,
- low-water mark,
- lower limit,
- march,
- marches,
- marchland,
- marginal,
- mark,
- matter of ignorance,
- mete,
- mystery,
- n,
- North Pole,
- nowhere,
- obverse,
- outback,
- Outer Mongolia,
- outer space,
- outlandish,
- outpost,
- outskirts,
- Pago Pago,
- pale,
- Pillars of Hercules,
- pole,
- preface,
- prefix,
- priority,
- proscenium,
- puzzle,
- remote,
- riddle,
- rimming,
- sealed book,
- Siberia,
- skirting,
- South Pole,
- start,
- starting line,
- starting point,
- sticks,
- target date,
- term,
- terminal,
- terminal date,
- terminus,
- terra incognita,
- the boondocks,
- the bush,
- the Great Divide,
- the incalculable,
- the moon,
- the South Seas,
- the sticks,
- the strange,
- the tullies,
- the unfamiliar,
- the unknowable,
- the unknown,
- three-mile limit,
- threshold,
- Thule,
- Tierra del Fuego,
- timbers,
- Timbuktu,
- time allotment,
- twelve-mile limit,
- Ultima Thule,
- unexplored ground,
- unexplored territory,
- uninhabited region,
- unknown quantity,
- unsettled,
- up-country,
- upper limit,
- virgin land,
- virgin territory,
- wasteland,
- wild West,
- wilderness,
- wilds,
- window dressing,
- woodlands,
- woods,
- x,
- Yukon,
- z
Frontier, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Frontier, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000) :
273
Housing Units (2000) :
78
Land area (2000) :
0.179313 sq. miles (0.464419 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.179313 sq. miles (0.464419 sq. km)
FIPS code :
28720
Located within :
North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location :
46.800343 N, 96.833370 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Frontier -- U.S. County in Nebraska
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Frontier -- U.S. County in Nebraska
Population (2000) :
3099
Housing Units (2000) :
1543
Land area (2000) :
974.549525 sq. miles (2524.071575 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
5.511605 sq. miles (14.274992 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
980.061130 sq. miles (2538.346567 sq. km)
Located within :
Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location :
40.549039 N, 100.401627 W