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abut
[ uh-buht ]
verb (used without object)
- to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border (often followed by on, upon, or against ):
This piece of land abuts on a street.
verb (used with object)
- to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- to support by an abutment.
abut
/ əˈ²úÊŒ³Ù /
verb
- usually foll byon, upon, or against to adjoin, touch, or border on (something) at one end
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³Ü²Ôa·²ú³Ü³Ùt¾±²Ô²µ adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of abut1
Example Sentences
Though no community can be made fireproof, discarding past urban design practices could make areas abutting wilderness safer from the kind of wildfire that hit Altadena and Pacific Palisades.
Hundreds of thousands of people live around the Bien Hoa air base, and some of their homes abut the site’s perimeter fence, just yards from the contaminated areas.
That, in turn, abuts Friedman’s 30th District, which is centered on Burbank.
The shrubs abutting the building had caught fire.
His kids were baptized in the Windmill Chapel, which abuts the lake and looks as if it had been magically transported from the Netherlands.
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