Meaning of abut | Babel Free

Definitions

1. 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)
   intransitive
2. To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall.
   intransitive
3. To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to.
   transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“It was a time when Germany still abutted upon Russia.”

“His land abuts on the road.”

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