Abutment

//əˈbʌt.mn̩t//

Synonyms for "abutment" (24 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Strong matches (7)

Related words (12)

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5 relation types

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is a

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related to

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Translations

29 translations across 12 languages.

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Bulgarian

3 entries
  • брегови устои noun (engineering: support for the ends of a bridge)
  • допирна точка noun (point of junction that abuts)
  • подпора noun (architecture: support for an arch or vault)

Dutch

1 entries
  • steunbeer noun (architecture: support for an arch or vault)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • abutmento noun (architecture: support for an arch or vault)

Finnish

4 entries
  • maatuki noun (engineering: support for the ends of a bridge)
  • tukeminen noun (state of abutting)
  • tuki noun (something that abuts, or on which something abuts)
  • tuki noun (state of abutting)

French

1 entries
  • butée noun (state of abutting)

German

1 entries
  • Angrenzen noun (state of abutting)

Ido

2 entries
  • abutmento noun (architecture: support for an arch or vault)
  • abutmento noun (architecture: element that shares a common boundary or surface with its neighbor)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • abutmen noun (engineering: support for the ends of a bridge)
  • abutmen noun (dentistry: tooth that supports a denture or bridge)
  • kepala jembatan noun (engineering: support for the ends of a bridge)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • confinamento noun (state of abutting)
  • conjuncto noun (state of abutting)

Italian

2 entries
  • ponte noun (dentistry: tooth that supports a denture or bridge)
  • rinfianco noun (state of abutting)

Polish

2 entries
  • przyczółek noun (architecture: support for an arch or vault)
  • przyczółek noun (architecture: element that shares a common boundary or surface with its neighbor)

Spanish

2 entries
  • estribo noun (engineering: support for the ends of a bridge)
  • estribo noun (state of abutting)

Sample sentences

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Each of the bridges consists of six separate girder spans on brick abutments.

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Heavy rains have caused the dam's abutments to seep, raising concern over possible dam failure.

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The fulcrum acted as an abutment.

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