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quantities HIM; ( jttfa )  He’s out boozing with

his mates.

boozer /'bu:za(r)/ noun (informal) 1 {BrE) a pub ff HE 2 a person who drinks a lot of alcohol 'booze-up noun (BrE, informal) an occasion when people drink a lot of alcohol

boozy /bu:zi/ adj. (informal) liking to drink a lot of alcohol; involving a lot of alcoholic drink

:         one of my boozy friends 3% M & o a boozy

lunch

bop /bDp; NAmE ba:p/ noun, verb

m noun 1 [C] (Br£, informal) a dance to pop music; a social event at which people dance to pop music ItfUlf, f$ (m) 2M = bebop ■ verb (-pp-) 1 [V] {BrE, informal) to dance to pop music 2 [VN] to hit sb lightly mi ( £ A ) bor age /'bnrid3; NAmE 'bo:nd3/ noun [U] a Mediterra­nean plant with blue flowers that are shaped like stars, and leaves covered with small hairs. Borage leaves are eaten raw as a salad vegetable.       ,

borax /‘boiraeks/ noun [U] a white mineral, usually in powder form, used in making glass and as an anti­septic (= a substance that helps to prevent infection in wounds) w® () bordello /boi'delau; NAmE boir'delou/ noun {pi. -os) {especially NAmE) = brothel border 0-w /‘bo:da(r); NAmE'boird-/ noun, verb $noun 1 the line that divides two countries or areas; the land near this line S If; i&lf; j£il; a national park on the border between Kenya and Tanzania         0

Denmark’s border with Germany   0

in the US, near the Canadian border j&IF- 0 Nevada’s northern border          nfti&'Fr- 0

to cross the border M # o to flee across/over the

SYNONYMS

border

boundary ♦ line ♦ frontier

These are all words for a line that marks the edge of sth and separates it from other areas or things.

border the line that separates two countries or areas; the land near this line   j&H,

K: a national park on the border between Kenya and Tanzania

boundary a line that marks the edges of an area of land and separates it from other areas jf fi-ilt: The fence marked the boundary between my property and hers.

line an imaginary boundary between one area of land and another; a line on a map that shows this

lines of

longitude and latitude

frontier (BrE) the line that separates two countries or areas; the land near this line       j&IA j£H,

±t: The river formed the frontier between the land of the Saxons and that of the Danes.

WHICH WORD? MJItf

The point where you cross from one country to another is usually called the border. In British English it can also be called the frontier, but this is often in a context of wildness, danger and uncertainty.     i#'oi|

border ;      frontier, {H frontier

The rebels control the frontier and the surrounding area.       7i&lS

i&Ko The line on a map that shows the border of a country can be called the boundary but ‘boundary’ is