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border collie

border collie noun: a herding dog of a breed originating near the border between England and Scotland, and specifically bred for intelligence and obedience.

border collie: a herding dog of a breed originating near the border between England and Scotland, and specifically...
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Noun (1)

border collie (plural border collies)

  1. A herding dog of a breed originating near the border between England and Scotland, and specifically bred for intelligence and obedience.
    • And you really know you are in The Dales when you see a border collie riding on the back of a quadbike!2026 April 29, 'Mystery Shopper', “Misty moors to modern Metro”, in RAIL, number 1060, page 51

Noun (2) capitalized: Border Collie

Border Collie (plural Border Collies)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of border collie.

Noun (3) capitalized: Border collie

Border collie (plural Border collies)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of border collie.

border collie meaning in Malay

border collie in Malay

border collie
collie sempadan

Forms of border collie

pluralborder collies
alternative formBorder Collie
alternative formBorder collie
pluralBorder Collies
pluralBorder collies

Origin of border collie

Essentially the collie from the Scottish and English Borders.

Words formed from border collie

Questions about border collie

What does border collie mean?
Border collie means a herding dog of a breed originating near the border between England and Scotland, and specifically bred for intelligence and obedience.
What is border collie in Malay?
Border collie in Malay is collie sempadan. See Border collie meaning in Malay.
What part of speech is border collie?
Border collie is a noun.
What is the plural of border collie?
The plural of border collie is border collies.

Words near border collie in the dictionary

  1. border ballad
  2. border ballads
  3. border blaster
  4. border blasters
  5. Border City
  6. border collie
  7. border collies
  8. border control
  9. border czar
  10. border czars
  11. border dancing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: border collie (page history and authors); Border Collie (page history and authors); Border collie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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