abutverb [ T never passive, I + prep ]
uk/əˈbʌt/us/əˈbʌt/-tt- formalIf a building or area of land abuts something or on something, it is next to it or touches it on one side:
Mexico abuts (on) some of the richest parts of the United States.
Their house abutted (onto) the police station.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Connecting and combining
- adjoin
- aggregate
- allied
- amalgamate
- assemblage
- assemble
- bind
- conjunction
- dovetail
- eclectic
- entwine
- fuse
- fusion
- hand to hand idiom
- lump sb/sth together
- marriage
- marry
- meld
- merge
- mesh
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