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单词 abutting
释义

abutting

adjective

abut·​ting ə-ˈbə-tiŋ How to pronounce abutting (audio)
: that abuts or serves as an abutment : adjoining, bordering

Synonyms

  • adjacent
  • adjoining
  • bordering
  • conterminous
  • contiguous
  • flanking
  • flush
  • fringing
  • joining
  • juxtaposed
  • neighboring
  • skirting
  • touching
  • verging
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Example Sentences

the new neighbors promptly erected fences between their property and the abutting properties

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1616, in the meaning defined above

Legal Definition

abutting

adjective

abut·​ting
ə-ˈbə-tiŋ
: that abuts or serves as an abutment

abutting 1 of 2

adjective

as in adjacent
having a border in common the new neighbors promptly erected fences between their property and the abutting properties

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • adjacent
  • adjoining
  • neighboring
  • bordering
  • contiguous
  • united
  • closest
  • flanking
  • joining
  • conterminous
  • juxtaposed
  • attached
  • touching
  • skirting
  • close
  • fringing
  • surrounding
  • verging
  • near
  • connected
  • connecting
  • nearby
  • nearest
  • flush
  • fencing
  • encircling
  • linked
  • enclosing
  • communicating
  • interconnecting
  • nigh
  • bounding
  • joined
  • embracing
  • peripheral
  • approximate
  • next-door
  • circumjacent
  • encompassing
  • marginal
  • inclosing
  • immediate
  • tangential
  • ambient
  • tangent
  • rimming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • nonadjacent
  • noncontiguous
  • unconnected
  • separate
  • isolated
  • apart
  • detached
  • unattached
  • discrete
  • single
  • distant
  • removed
  • disconnected
  • isolate
  • unlinked
  • remote
  • farthest
  • faraway
  • far
  • away
  • discontinuous
  • divided
  • noncontinuous
  • free-standing
  • split
  • severed
  • resolved
  • dissevered
  • disjoined
  • far-off
  • broken up
  • sundered
  • dissociated
  • parted
  • uncoupled
  • ramified
  • divorced
  • disunited
  • unyoked
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abutting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of abut
as in adjoining
to be adjacent to our land abuts a nature preserve, so we see a lot of wildlife

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • adjoining
  • flanking
  • joining
  • neighboring
  • surrounding
  • touching
  • fringing
  • skirting
  • encircling
  • lining
  • meeting
  • bounding
  • enclosing
  • marching (with)
  • butting (on or against)
  • fencing
  • converging
  • contacting
  • verging (on)
  • embracing
  • bordering (on)
  • rimming
  • inclosing
  • margining
  • attaching (to)
  • connecting (with)
  • communicating (with)
  • linking (with)
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