1-Stop Dictionary Reference

Abutment

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

n. The act or process of abutting.

n. Something that abuts.

n. The point of contact of two abutting objects or parts.

n. The part of a structure that bears the weight or pressure of an arch.

n. A structure that supports the end of a bridge.

n. A structure that anchors the cables of a suspension bridge.

n. The state of abutting.

n. That element that shares a common boundary or surface with its neighbor.

n. The tooth that supports a denture or bridge.

n. A fixed point or surface where resistance is obtained.

n. State of abutting.

n. That on or against which a body abuts or presses.

n. The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut.

n. A fixed point or surface from which resistance or reaction is obtained, as the cylinder head of a steam engine, the fulcrum of a lever, etc.

n. In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil.

n. The state or condition of abutting.

n. That which abuts or borders on something else; the part abutting or abutted upon or against.

n. Sometimes shortened to butment.

n. point of contact between two objects or parts

n. a masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge

"It's an abutment from a bridge that was put up to go over the Don Valley."

Words that are more generic or abstract

point support

Words that are found in similar contexts

abutments pilings spick opg girder