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ABUTTING

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Dictionary entry overview: What does abutting mean?

• ABUTTING (adjective)
The adjective ABUTTING has 1 sense:

1. having a common boundary or edge; touching

Familiarity information: ABUTTING used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ABUTTING (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Having a common boundary or edge; touching

Synonyms:

abutting; adjoining; adjacent; conterminous; neighboring; contiguous

Context examples:

abutting lots / adjoining rooms / Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut / the side of Germany conterminous with France / Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho / neighboring cities

Similar:

connected (joined or linked together)

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