abutting


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a·but

 (ə-bŭt′)
v. a·but·ted, a·but·ting, a·buts
v.intr.
To touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent.
v.tr.
1. To border upon or end at; be next to.
2. To support as an abutment.

[Middle English abutten, from Old French abouter, to border on (a-, to from Latin ad-; see ad- + bouter, to strike; see bhau- in Indo-European roots) and from Old French abuter, to end at (from but, end; see butt4).]

a·but′ter n.
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Translations

abutting

[əˈbʌtɪŋ] ADJcontiguo, colindante
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abutting

adj(daran) anstoßend attr; fields also(daran) angrenzend attr
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The canyon had become a rocky slit, rising roughly at a steep angle toward what seemed a pass between two abutting peaks.
Who was the far-off founder of the house, With its red gates abutting to the road?
This scroll, majestic in its severe simplicity, illuminated a little slip of front garden abutting on the thirsty high-road, where a few of the dustiest of leaves hung their dismal heads and led a life of choking.
It was not, in appearance, so desirable a habitation as his old quarters: being a mean and badly-furnished apartment, of very limited size; lighted only by one small window in the shelving roof, and abutting on a close and dirty lane.
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A few people, at rest, have a Flush Bite, with abutting teeth and abutting lips.