border effect noun (image technol)

A faint dark line on the denser side of a boundary between a lightly exposed and a heavily exposed region on a developed emulsion (also edge effect or fringe effect)

bordˈerland noun

1. A border region
2. The undefined margin between two things (also adjective)

Border Leicester noun

A sheep of a breed developed by crossbreeding Leicesters and Cheviots

bordˈerline adjective

Marginal, doubtfully or just coming within the definition of a quality, condition, etc (also noun)

borderline personality disorder noun (psychiatry)

A mental illness characterized by instability of mood and behaviour, problems with relationships and self-image, and sometimes dissociation and paranoia

Border terrier noun

A small rough-haired terrier, orig from the Borders

fringe /frinj/

1. A border of loose threads
2. Hair falling over the brow
3. A border
4. Anything bordering on or additional to an activity

1. To adorn with a fringe
2. To border

1. Bordering, or just outside, the recognized or orthodox form, group, etc as in fringe medicine, fringe theatre
2. Unofficial or not part of the main event, as in fringe meeting
3. Less important or popular, as in fringe sports

fringed adjective

fringeˈless adjective

fringˈy adjective

Decorated with fringes

fringe benefit noun

Something in addition to wages or salary that forms part of the regular remuneration from one's employment

fringeˈ-dweller noun (Aust)

A person, esp an Aborigine, who lives, usu in poverty and squalor, on the edge of a town or community

fringe effect noun (image technol) see border effect under border

fringe medicine noun

Unorthodox and not generally accepted medical techniques

fringe tree noun

A large American shrub (Chionanthus virginica) of the family Oleaceae, whose very numerous snow-white flowers have long narrow corolla-segments

lunatic fringe

Any (usu small) group of fanatics or extremists within a political party, pressure group, etc