Abut

Quick meaning: Abut is a verb meaning (transitive) To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to.

Meaning

(transitive) To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall.
2. (intransitive) To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land)

Example Sentences

His land abuts on the road.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:abut.

It was a time when Germany still abutted upon Russia.

Word Forms

• abuts
• abutting
• abutted
• abutt

Synonyms for abut

Depending on context, synonyms include butt, edge, border, adjoin.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include adjoin, edge, border, butt, touch, abutt.

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