The arches abut against the stone.
Source: tatoeba (10656944)
Abut
//əˈbʌt//
Synonyms for "abut" (50 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
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Translations
41 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- гранича verb (to border on)
- опирам се о verb (to border on)
Czech
3 entries- hraničit verb (to touch by means of a mutual border)
- přiléhat verb (to touch by means of a mutual border)
- sousedit verb (to touch by means of a mutual border)
Dutch
1 entries- grenzen verb (to border on)
Finnish
1 entries- rajoittua verb (to border on)
French
3 entries- abouter verb (to border on)
- aboutir verb (to border on)
- jouxter verb (to touch by means of a mutual border)
Galician
4 entries- estremar verb (to touch by means of a mutual border)
- estremar verb (to border on)
- testar verb (to touch by means of a mutual border)
- testar verb (to border on)
German
3 entries- angrenzen verb (to touch by means of a mutual border)
- angrenzen verb (to border on)
- berühren verb (to border on)
Greek
1 entries- εδράζομαι verb (to border on)
Hungarian
4 entries- határos verb (to border on)
- szomszédos verb (to border on)
- érint verb (to border on)
- érintkezik verb (to touch by means of a mutual border)
Macedonian
1 entries- грани́чи verb (to border on)
Māori
3 entries- aki verb (to border on)
- karipapa verb (to border on)
- kāpīpiti verb (to border on)
Polish
4 entries- graniczyć verb (to touch by means of a mutual border)
- graniczyć verb (to border on)
- przylegać verb (to touch by means of a mutual border)
- przylegać verb (to border on)
Romanian
1 entries- învecina verb (to border on)
Russian
4 entries- грани́чить verb (to border on)
- прилега́ть verb (to border on)
- примыка́ть verb (to border on)
- упира́ться verb (to border on)
Spanish
4 entries- bordear verb (to border on)
- colindar verb (to touch by means of a mutual border)
- limitar verb (to touch by means of a mutual border)
- lindar verb (to touch by means of a mutual border)
Swedish
1 entries- gränsa till verb (to border on)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
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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