abutted; abutting
1
: to border on : to touch along an edge
Their property abuts our land.
2
: to cause to touch or lean for support
abut a timber against a post
1
: to touch along a border or with a projecting part
a parcel of land that abuts on the road
2
a
: to terminate at a point of contact
b
: to lean for support
Synonyms
Examples of abut in a Sentence
Their property and our property abut.
our land abuts a nature preserve, so we see a lot of wildlife
Recent Examples on the Web
This is Harbor Country—a cluster of eight small towns abutting Lake Michigan, all within a 15-minute driving radius.
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Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 21 Mar. 2024
Much of the furniture is oversized including the ultra king-sized beds and the altar experience showers, colossal baths abutting the window lines and great dressing areas serve to humanize the space.
—David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2024
There is a sprawling, 144,000-square-foot facility abutting the 60 Freeway in the City of Industry where hundreds of employees have already been working for weeks processing vote-by-mail ballots.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
An organic almond farmer whose orchard abuts a conventional one can’t easily dig up his mature trees and replant them somewhere else.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
One current fight is whether Seaside will approve plans for a horse-racing track, Monterey Downs, that also will include a training track, indoor arena, more than 1,000 housing units, two hotels and retail and commercial spaces – all abutting the national monument.
—Sam McManis, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
There are two staircases in the home: a circular one leads from the foyer to a landing that overlooks the first floor; the second one abuts the mudroom.
—Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
There are no states that abut the U.S.-Mexico border in the top ten highest risks states in Mexico for cargo truck hijacking.
—Nathaniel Parish Flannery, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Before the war, the area abutting the school had been a little park, complete with burbling fountain.
—Sabra Ayres, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2024
Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 21 Mar. 2024
Much of the furniture is oversized including the ultra king-sized beds and the altar experience showers, colossal baths abutting the window lines and great dressing areas serve to humanize the space.
—David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2024
There is a sprawling, 144,000-square-foot facility abutting the 60 Freeway in the City of Industry where hundreds of employees have already been working for weeks processing vote-by-mail ballots.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
An organic almond farmer whose orchard abuts a conventional one can’t easily dig up his mature trees and replant them somewhere else.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
One current fight is whether Seaside will approve plans for a horse-racing track, Monterey Downs, that also will include a training track, indoor arena, more than 1,000 housing units, two hotels and retail and commercial spaces – all abutting the national monument.
—Sam McManis, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
There are two staircases in the home: a circular one leads from the foyer to a landing that overlooks the first floor; the second one abuts the mudroom.
—Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
There are no states that abut the U.S.-Mexico border in the top ten highest risks states in Mexico for cargo truck hijacking.
—Nathaniel Parish Flannery, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Before the war, the area abutting the school had been a little park, complete with burbling fountain.
—Sabra Ayres, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2024
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abut
verb
abutted; abutting
: to touch along a border or with a part that sticks out
abutter
noun
Legal Definition
abut
verb
abutted; abutting
: to touch along a border or with a projecting part
—used with on, upon, or against
the land abuts on the road
: to border on : reach or touch with an end
two lots that abut each other
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