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Synonyms for abut

Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-buht
Phonetic Transcription : əˈbʌt

Définition of abut

Origin :
  • mid-13c., "to end at, to border on," from Old French aboter "join end to end, touch upon" (13c.), from à "to" (see ad-) + bout "end" (see butt (n.3)). Related: Abutted; abutting.
  • verb touch or be next to something
Example sentences :
  • With a few exceptions, they are charged with no atmosphere and abut at no climax.
  • Extract from : « Modernities » by Horace Barnett Samuel
  • I come to talk to you abut M. de Boiscoran, my betrothed, my husband.
  • Extract from : « Within an Inch of His Life » by Emile Gaboriau
  • Charlie, who came in last, did not abut the door behind him.
  • Extract from : « Through the Fray » by G. A. Henty
  • The need of some central building, against which these additions may abut, will be felt.
  • Extract from : « The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church » by A. Hamilton Thompson
  • But he perceived with surprise that the pillar did not abut immediately on the wall, as he had supposed.
  • Extract from : « With Drake on the Spanish Main » by Herbert Strang
  • Where the strips abruptly meet others, or abut upon a boundary at right angles, they are sometimes called butts.
  • Extract from : « The English Village Community » by Frederic Seebohm
  • To cause s to become locked in its adjusted position a plug screw p is inserted for the end of s to abut against.
  • Extract from : « Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II » by Joshua Rose
  • The bearings of feed roll a abut against rubber cushions c, c, whose amount of compression is regulated by the set screws d, d.
  • Extract from : « Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II » by Joshua Rose
  • When two timbers or planks are united endways, they are said to butt or abut against each other.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • Also, the extremities of the planks themselves when they are united, or abut against each other.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth

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