abut
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- IPA /əˈbʌt/
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abut verb
- To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land)“His land abuts on the road.”
- To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to.
abut verb
- To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall.
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adjoinedgeborderbuttbutt againstbutt ontouchabuttabut onborderlineconfineborder onaccostabuttalmeetemborder
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