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How to pronounce abut in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms adjoin, border, butt, butt against, butt on, edge, march
Type of adjoin, contact, meet, touch
Has types neighbor, neighbour
Derivation abutment, abutter

Examples of abut

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Some have a view of the 18-hole course, the edges of which abut their backyards.
From the dispatch.com
The 5.5 acres that Monument acquired abut the Twin Bridges property to the south.
From the washingtonpost.com
Several blue-collar, racially diverse neighborhoods in Triangle abut the highway.
From the washingtonpost.com
It's all abut removing the levels of repeated regulations that stifle business.
From the guardian.co.uk
Those communities also abut national forests, which have their own sets of rules.
From the sacbee.com
The prior three auctions in the 1990s raised abut $50,000 for local charities.
From the stltoday.com
The stereocilia abut against a fairly rigid support called the tectorial membrane.
From the nature.com
Really there are lots of decent conservative remedies when you think abut it.
From the guardian.co.uk
The task force also recommended cutting corporate taxes by abut $100 million.
From the kentucky.com
More examples
  • Border: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"
  • In property law, when two parcels abut it means they are adjacent to each other and against each others' borders.
  • To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent; to project; to terminate; to be contiguous; to meet; To abut on
  • (abutting) The joining, reaching, or touching of adjoining land. Abutting pieces of land have a common boundary.
  • (Abutting) Touching or bordering a street, highway, or other public place.
  • (Abutting) means to border upon.
  • Adjoin or share a common boundary, or share even a small portion of a boundary.
  • To touch or border upon. A piece of land bordering on a street or an adjoining property is said to abut such street or property.
  • The action of two gear teeth making contact.