adjoining

American  

[uh-joi-ning] / əˈdʒɔɪ nɪŋ /

adjective

1. being in contact at some point or line; located next to another; bordering; contiguous.

   the adjoining room; a row of adjoining town houses.

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adjoining British  

/ əˈdʒɔɪnɪŋ /

adjective

1. being in contact; connected or neighbouring

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Related Words

Adjoining, adjacent, bordering all mean near or close to something. Adjoining implies touching, having a common point or line: an adjoining yard. Adjacent implies being nearby or next to something else: all the adjacent houses; adjacent angles. Bordering means having a common boundary with something: the farm bordering on the river.

Other Word Forms

• nonadjoining adjective
• unadjoining adjective

Etymology

Origin of adjoining

First recorded in 1485–95; adjoin + -ing ²

Example Sentences

The church auditorium was packed, people standing shoulder to shoulder in the aisles and around the edges of the hall, the overflow filling adjoining rooms and spilling outside onto the dew-soaked church lawn.

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He turns off the light, and from the hall to the adjoining teen stasis room, a faint green light glows on the floor.

From Literature

Back then, we all lived side by side in adjoining houses on a piece of property which belonged to my grandparents.

From Literature

I flipped the sheets aside, jumped out of bed, and ran into the adjoining bathroom.

From Literature

The sensation of being within the circus fades as soon as she has crossed the threshold, and she is suddenly acutely aware of everything in the adjoining room.

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Related Words

• adjacent
• contiguous
• neighboring