border post
International crossing station
A border post is an official checkpoint where travelers cross from one country into another.
Guards at border posts check documents, inspect vehicles, and control the flow of people and goods: We waited two hours at the border post.
The term also refers to the physical markers—posts or pillars—that delineate the boundary line itself.
- checkpointInspection station on route
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- frontierEdge of settlement
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- point of entryWhere access is gained
barrier · passport control · patrol · passport · visa · travel documents · identity check · guard · immigration · smuggling · inspection · strip search · green channel · duty free · queue · stamp · sentry · gate
- border controlvisa requirements, passport control, guard, customs inspection, immigration
- bordersboundary, boundary line, boundary lines, boundary markers, boundary stones
- customs areasduty desk, customs officer, checkpoint, duty-free zone
- guard postssentry box, guard booth, guard shack, guard tower, checkpoint
- military/government postsembassy, consulate, military base, naval base, air base
- borderlandsfrontier, frontier region, marchland, marches, march
border postopen highway
open road · free passage · freedom of movement · expressway · motorway
border postinterior
Inside area or region
heartland · hinterland · city center · capital · inland
border postopen borders
Unregulated international passage
free trade zone · freedom of movement · Schengen zone · customs union
border, post, borders, bordered, bordering, borderline, borderland, borderlands, posts