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 Definitions of abut  [əˈbʌt]  

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Definition of 'abut' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) abut
to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border (often fol. by on, upon, or against).

2. (v.t.) abut
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.

3.  abut
to support by an abutment.

Etymology:  (1725–35; < NL < Ar)

Definition of 'abut' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
"Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"


Definition of 'abut' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) abut
to project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road



'abut' - Nearby Entries  

abuser  abusive  abusively  abut  abutilon  abutilon theophrasti  abutment arch  



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