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 straightforward solution, after demolishing the adjoining building, would have been to extend the facade to the south.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Among the first remnants of the building to be dismantled is a 'floating' chimney stack still attached to the adjoining block, several storeys above ground.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

I left the Noma protest and drove 20 minutes to El Grullense, a taco truck with an adjoining dining room near the Santee Education Complex.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

The ground is meanwhile helping to regenerate adjoining areas, by attracting new apartments as well as improved retail and leisure facilities.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

I was led to an adjoining anteroom—a smaller office, where some of the eight had gathered.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals

Related Words

• adjacent
• contiguous
• neighboring