Showing posts with label boarder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boarder. Show all posts

Monday, June 30, 2014

border, boarder

Border or border means the edge or part of a surface forming an outer boundary--
He wants the sign painted blue, with a red border.
I'm looking for some fabric with a floral border.

Border also means the dividing line between two countries or states--
You'll have to stop at the border, where they'll ask if you have anything to declare.
We'll have to show our passports at the border.

Boarder or boarder ( rhymes with border ) means a lodger or paying guest--
He was a boarder in an old house, and had his dinner there every night.
The old woman wanted to take in a boarder, to help make ends meet.

Boarder might also mean a person who gets on a ship, particularly an enemy ship in time of war--
The doughty sailor knocked  first one boarder overboard, and then another.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"The boarder helped his landlord put up a wallpaper border in the dining room."

Note--"bored her", said of a female ( her ), means wearied or tired by dullness or repetition ( bored )--
She tried to pay attention, but the lecture bored her.
"Board her" would mean to get on a ship--
When he saw the strange ship, the captain determined to board her, and learn her identity.