Abut

/əˈbʌt/

Synonyms for "abut" (79 found)

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Closest matches (16)

Verb(5 words)

adjoin border abutting adjoined adjoins

abut onadjoin apposebe based onbe contiguousbe in contactbear onbestraddle

Adjective(2 words)

adjoining appressed

Noun(1 words)

beira

Strong matches (24)

bestride borderborder onbring nearbutt communicate conjoin connect

Verb(9 words)

bordered bordering buts buttbutt againstbutt onbutting edge flanked

Noun(7 words)

borders contacts flank flanks fringe fringes interfacing

Related words (39)

join juxtapose juxtapositlean onlie bylie online march margin meet neighbor perchput withrely onrepose onrest onridesit onstand bystand on

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straddle stride touch vergeverge upon

Verb(9 words)

lie besidemarch neighbor neighbored neighboring skirted verge verged verging

Noun(4 words)

neighbors seaboards skirting verges

Adjective(1 words)

partial plane contact

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

4 entries

adjoin contact meet touch

More specific

6 entries

conceptual boundaryfigurative boundaryland boundarymoral boundaryproperty boundarystreet frontage

Collocations

6 entries

boundary frontageland boundaryproperty boundaryroad street

Inflections

3 entries

abuts abutted abutting

Derivations

1 entries

abutment

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The arches abut against the stone.

Source: tatoeba (10656944)

Janos made a sarcastic remark abut the food.

Source: tatoeba (12028204)

It was a time when Germany still abutted upon Russia.

Source: wiktionary

His land abuts on the road.

Source: wiktionary

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