recollectionborder
nounUK /ˌrekəˈlekʃənˌbɔːdə/
US /ˌrekəˈlekʃənˌbɔːrdər/
The edge of a memory where one thing you remember meets another.
At the recollectionborder of the story, she could not tell if the garden was real or only a dream.
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2. The line between what you clearly remember and what you have partly forgotten.
The old song sat right on the recollectionborder, half familiar and half lost.
3. A boundary in a story or dream where remembered events shift into imagination.
Crossing the recollectionborder, the tale turned from fact into fancy.
4. The faint rim of a memory that is just starting to come back.
He caught a glimpse at the recollectionborder of his earliest birthday.