abut
FORMAL vocabularyGRE vocabularya‧but /əˈbʌt/ (also abut on) verb (past tense and past participle abutted, present participle abutting) [transitive]
نزدیک بودن، مماس بودن، مجاور بودن، متصل بودن یا شدن، خوردن، علوم مهندسی: به یکدیگر ضربه زدن
abut[verb]Synonyms: adjoin, border, butt (on
or against), communicate, join, line, march, neighbor, touch, verge
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
a‧but /əˈbʌt/ (
also abut on)
verb (
past tense and past participle abutted,
present participle abutting)
[transitive] formal[
Date: 1400-1500;
Origin: Partly from Old French aboter 'to share a border with', from bout 'act of hitting, end', from boter 'to hit'; partly from Old French abuter 'to come to an end', from but 'end, aim']
if one piece of land or a building abuts another, it is next to it or touches one side of it ⇒
adjoin [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲