Abut

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent.
  • v. To border upon or end at; be next to.
  • v. To support as an abutment.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet; -- with on, upon, or against.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To touch at the end; be contiguous; join at a border or boundary; terminate; rest: with on, upon, or against before the object: as, his land abuts upon mine; the building abuts on the highway; the bridge abuts against the solid rock.
  • In ship-building, same as butt
  • To cause to terminate against or in contiguity with; project, or cause to impinge upon.
  • Sometimes shortened to but.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
  • Verb Form
    abuted    abuts    abutted    abutting   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    abutted    abutting   
    Form
    abutted    abutting   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    project    meet    joint    butt    abut on   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Hutt    Knut    but    butt    cut    glut    gut    haute    hut    jut