Bourn

Definition: Bourn

Bourn

Noun

1. An archaic term for a boundary.

2. An archaic term for a goal or destination.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "bourn" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonym: Bourn

Limit

Noun: limit, boundary, bounds, confine, enclave, term, bourn, verge, curbstone, but, pale, reservation; termination, terminus; stint, frontier, precinct, marches; backwoods.

Crosswords: Bourn

Books

• A Textbook of in Vitro Fertilization and Assisted Reproduction: Based on the Teaching Courses of Bourn Hall Clinic, Cambridge and the Hallam Medical (reference)

• Implantation of the Human Embryo: Proceedings of the Second Bourn Hall Meeting (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Albanian

rrëke (Beck, Bourne, burn, deluge, flood, flow, gush, rain, runlet, runnel, stream, torrent), përrua (Beck, Bourne, branch, Brook, brooklet, Creek, flow, nullah, rain, small river, Spruit, stream, streamlet, torrent, watercourse), kufi (abutment, ambit, border, borderline, bound, boundary, Bourne, butting, ceiling, compass, demarcation, division, edge, end, frontier, hedge, line, margin, Mark, measure, mete, radius, razor edge, stint, terminus). (various references)

Bulgarian 

ручей (burn, rill, run, runnel, watercourse), поточе (brooklet, burn, rivulet, runlet, streamlet). (various references)

Czech

potùèek (Bourne, brooklet, rill, rivulet, streamlet). (various references)

Greek 

όριο (ambit, border, bound, boundary, Bourne, ceiling, confine, limit, limit to, mete, purview, stint, terminus), προορισμόσ (destination, destiny, foreordination, predestination, preordination, purpose), τέρμα (end, goal, terminal, terminus, terminus 1, terminus 2). (various references)

Hungarian

patak (Bourne, brook, brooklet, creek, rivulet, runnel, stream, watercourse, water-course), célpont (blank, Bourne, butt, Mark, objective, target, viewing-point). (various references)

Italian

ruscello (Beck, Bourne, Brook, Creek, runlet, stream). (various references)

Pig Latin

ournbay.(various references)

Portuguese

riacho (beck, brook, fleet, rill, stream, streamlet), regato (brooklet, burn, floss, kill, rill, rivulet, runlet, runnel, stream, streamlet), córrego (brook, fleet, gill, run, stream, streem). (various references)

Romanian

pârâu (Bourne, Brook, burn, Creek, fleet, rivulet, runlet, stream), izvor (beginning, Bourne, efflux, font, fount, fountain, fountain-head, head, headspring, mine, mother, origin, origination, parent, quarry, rise, source, spring, well, wellhead), hotar (border, bound, boundary, bounds, Bourne, coast, confine, confines, edge, end, extremity, frontier, limit, line, Marge, margin, mete, pale, stint, terminus, verge), graniţã (ambit, barrier, border, bound, boundary, Bourne, confine, confines, division, extremity, frontier, March, margin, mete, terminus, verge). (various references)

Russian 

ручей (brook, creek, floss, groove, nullah, rivulet, run, stream, watercourse), граница (abutment, abuttal, ambits, border, border line, borderline, bound, boundary, bounder, bourne, butting, compass, confine, frontier, limit, mete, pale, verge). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

limit (bourne, butting, limit), cilj (aim, bourne, finish line, goal, purpose, target). (various references)

Swedish

bäck (Beck, Bourne, Brook, Creek, rill, stream), ändamål (destination, end, object, purpose). (various references)

Turkish

su (adam's ale, Aqua, aquatic, aqueous, Bourne, hydric oxide, hydro-, juice, water), sınır (border, borderland, borderline, bound, boundary, Bourne, butting, circumscription, compass, confine, deadline, extreme, extremity, frontier, limit, limitation, line of demarcation, March, pale, purlieu, skirting, stint, verge, watershed), memleket (Bourne, country, domain, homeland, land, mother country, motherland, native shore), hedef (aim, blank, Bourne, butt, clout, cock-shy, destination, goal, home, intention, land of promise, Mark, object, objective, promised land, purpose, rover, target, terminus), diyar (Bourne, clime, country, land, realm, Vale, world), dere (Beck, Bourne, branch, Brook, burn, Creek, dale, gully, kloof, rivulet, run, runlet, runnel, stream, Vale, valley, watercourse), amaç (aim, Bourne, cause, consummation, design, destination, dream, drift, function, goal, idea, ideal, intent, intention, meaning, mission, object, objective, plan, point, purpose, purview, scope, sense, target, terminus, turn, use, view, wherefore, will), çay (branch, burn, rill, rivulet, run, runlet, runnel, stream, streamlet, tea, tea party, watercourse). (various references)

Ukrainian

струмок (arroyo, dribble, effluent, nullah, nymph, rivulet, streamlet, wash, watercourse, wellspring). (various references)

Vietnamese 

dòng suối nhỏ (bourne, rill, rillet, rivulet, runnel). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "bourn": bourne, bournes, bourns. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Bourn" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Baburen, Beorn, Beuren, boeren, boern, Bokun, boren, Bornu, Boru, Botur, Bouira, Boure, Bourri, Bourry, Broburn, broun, fourn, lourn, Youern, yourn. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: born, burn.

-2 letters: bro, bun, bur, nob, nor, nub, orb, our, rob, rub, run, urb, urn.

-3 letters: bo, no, nu, on, or, un.

+1 letter: bourne, bourns, burton, suborn, unborn, unrobe.

+2 letters: bouncer, bounder, bourbon, bourdon, bournes, burgeon, burnous, burnout, burtons, outburn, rebound, rubdown, suborns, unbroke, unrobed, unrobes, unsober, upborne.

+3 letters: airbound, baudrons, bouncers, bouncier, boundary, bounders, bourbons, bourdons, bourgeon, bronchus, brownout, bullhorn, burgeons, burgonet, burnoose, burnouts, burstone, buttoner, moribund, nonurban, nutbrown, osnaburg, outburns, outburnt, overburn, postburn, prebound, rebounds, rebutton, rubdowns, runabout, stubborn, suborned, suborner, trueborn, turbofan, unbroken, unprobed, unrobing.