 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
abut
verb: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins
the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: {border},
{adjoin}, {edge}, {march}, {butt}, {butt against}, {butt
on}]
[also: {abutting}, {abutted}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
abutting
adjective: having a common boundary or edge; touching; "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" [syn:
{adjacent}, {adjoining}, {conterminous}, {contiguous},
{neighboring(a)}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
abutting
See {abut}
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Abut \A*but"\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Abutted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Abutting}.] [OF. abouter, aboter; cf. F. aboutir, and also
abuter; a (L. ad) + OF. boter, buter, to push: cf. F. bout
end, and but end, purpose.]
To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to
meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the
road.
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