abut
to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border (often followed by on, upon, or against): This piece of land abuts on a street.
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
to support by an abutment.
Origin of abut
1Other words from abut
- un·a·but·ting, adjective
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How to use abut in a sentence
An anti-Semitism that was rare in Ireland took hold in cities where Irish neighborhoods abutted burgeoning Jewish ghettoes.
James Barrett on ‘The Irish Way,’ How the Irish Influenced U.S. Cities | James R. Barrett | March 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe fifth arch abutted on an island which was long, narrow, and in the form of a boat, like all river islands.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) | Anatole FranceThe passage itself abutted in Dea Flavia's house on one of the small rooms that lay round the triclinium.
"Unto Caesar" | Baroness Emmuska OrczyAs he said this we were passing a house the long whitewashed front of which abutted glimmering on the road.
The Adventures of Harry Revel | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-CouchHis troop drew up in a wide street which abutted on the market-place, at one end of the town-house.
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The west front of St. Andr never was developed, as the church abutted there on the ancient ramparts.
How France Built Her Cathedrals | Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
British Dictionary definitions for abut
/ (əˈbʌt) /
(usually foll by on, upon, or against) to adjoin, touch, or border on (something) at one end
Origin of abut
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