adjoining

[uh-joi-ning]

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.

adjoining

/ əˈdʒɔɪnɪŋ /

adjective

1. being in contact; connected or neighbouring

Other Word Forms

• nonadjoining adjective
• unadjoining adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of adjoining¹

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

Synonym Study

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.

Example Sentences

She is helping out at an adult breakfast club where parents and grandparents who have children at the adjoining Meadows nursery can have a hot meal for £1.

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When the boys were tinkering with tunes, they “ping-ponged” ideas with such joyful energy that people in adjoining offices could hear them.

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At the National Nature Reserve adjoining Moccas Park, conservationists are putting oaks at the heart of an effort to restore the landscape.

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Before joining the staff in March she had raised more than £300,000 to improve the lives of fellow cancer patients at the adjoining Royal Hospital for Children.

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His house survived the Eaton fire, but homes adjoining his property were destroyed.

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Related Words

• adjacent 
• contiguous 
• neighboring