adjoining

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 WORDS FROM adjoining

non·ad·join·ing, adjectiveun·ad·join·ing, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH adjoining

adjacent, adjoining (see synonym study at the current entry)

Words nearby adjoining

adjective phrase, adjective pronoun, adjectivize, adjigo, adjoin, adjoining, adjoint, adjoint differential equation, adjourn, adjournment, adjt.

How to use adjoining in a sentence

Robinson and Emeigh said that in 1989, Carroll and Jensen converted a room in the sprawling Ziegfeld’s building that had once been used as a restaurant into a separate adjoining bar called Secrets, which featured nude male dancers.
Prominent LGBTQ nightlife figure Allen Carroll dies at 79|Lou Chibbaro Jr.|April 20, 2021|Washington Blade
Both separations occurred at the trains’ couplers — the large latches at the end of each rail car that connect to adjoining cars.
Loose bolts identified in two recent Metro train separations on Red Line|Justin George|December 2, 2020|Washington Post
Exploitation of trafficking victims may be most acute in conflict and adjoining regions, but it is not confined to these areas.
ISIS, Boko Haram, and the Growing Role of Human Trafficking in 21st Century Terrorism|Louise I. Shelley|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Which is why in 1961, the distillery finally decided to purchase the estate and its adjoining home.
Ester Elchies, The Estate Built By Whiskey||December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Four people in adjoining houses had died, the only fatalities.
Life Under Air Strikes: Children Under Fire Will Never Forget — or Forgive|Clive Irving|August 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
La Teresita also has an adjoining cafeteria where you can head for an informal buffet and heaping piles of Cuban delicacies.
Eat Your Way Through Tampa’s Cuban Oasis|Starbucks|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Surreally, a choir of high school students at the gate adjoining ours begins singing a hymnal.
Hallucinating Away a Heroin Addiction|Abby Haglage|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The countries about the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea and its adjoining waters.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
Before Louis could answer in the negative, he heard voices in the adjoining garden.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
Adjoining the engine-house on the other side, is the stable, where five splendid horses are kept.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
The announcements of the meets in this and adjoining counties appear regularly in the Midland Counties' Herald.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
In a hotel in the city of Antwerp, where we stayed for several days, we occupied adjoining bedrooms having a communicating door.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow

British Dictionary definitions for adjoining

adjoining

/ (əˈdʒɔɪnɪŋ) /

adjective

being in contact; connected or neighbouring

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