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abut

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6
Words With Friends
8
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/əˈbʌt/
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/əˈbʌt/ · /əˈbʌt/(US) · /əˈbʊt/

Definition of abut

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive)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)
    “It was a time when Germany still abutted upon Russia.”
    “His land abuts on the road.”
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verb

  1. (intransitive)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)
    “It was a time when Germany still abutted upon Russia.”
    “His land abuts on the road.”
  2. (transitive)To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to.
    “For quotations using this term, see Citations:abut.”
  3. (intransitive)To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall.

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Etymology

From Middle English abutten, from Medieval Latin abuttare and Old French abuter, aboter, abouter (“to touch at one end, to come to an end, aim, reach”), from Old French but (“end, aim, purpose”); akin to Old Norse butr (“piece of wood”). Equivalent to a- (“to”) + butt (“boundary mark”).

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