Abut Moderate

Abut has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Verb

lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

"Canada adjoins the U.S."

"England marches with Scotland"

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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)

To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall.

Origin

The word abut comes from Middle English and Medieval Latin, originally meaning "to touch at one end" or "to reach." It is related to the concept of a boundary mark or the end of something.

Rhyming Words

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