Abut
/əˈbʌt/
EN
To border or touch along an edge or end
The barn abuts the northern end of our property.
Etymology
Comes from Middle French abouter, meaning 'to join by the ends', derived from Latin abutere, 'to end at', with roots in ad- ('to') + buttis ('end, log').
Translations
简体中文
邻接,毗连
繁體中文
鄰接,毗連
日本語
隣接する,接する
한국어
인접하다,경계를 접하다
Deutsch
angrenzen,anstoßen an
Español
colindar,lindar con
Português
confinar com,encostar a
Français
être adjacent à,miter avec
Català
confinar amb,ésser adjacent a
Tiếng Việt
giáp với,tiếp giáp
Collocations
abut onabut againstabut to
Synonyms
adjoinbordertouchneighbor
Antonyms
separatedetachdistance
Related Words
abutmentbuttadjacentborder