Dictionary Check: frontier

"frontier" is a valid word!

Scrabble 11 points
Words with Friends 12 points

Definition

noun

a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country

Example: "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

Example: "he worked at the frontier of brain science"

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