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
The original 1967 covenant required the property remain a golf course for 99 years until 2067 unless 75 percent of abutting or ring homeowners agreed to lift it.
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Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 4 May 2024
The immediate area does not have much development, and on the south side of San Juan at that intersection, there are no homes or businesses: Essentially, the road abuts the freeway.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 15 Apr. 2024
Gourmet Alley is currently a narrow street in downtown Gilroy that abuts a strip of restaurants, mostly serving to house dumpsters and access parking.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
Generating particular excitement among planners is the prospect of opening up Eel River Canyon, abutting the nearly 200-mile Eel River, which runs along the northwestern coast not far from the Pacific Ocean.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
On the main floor, an open kitchen abutted a double-height dining room.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
This is Harbor Country—a cluster of eight small towns abutting Lake Michigan, all within a 15-minute driving radius.
—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
Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 4 May 2024
The immediate area does not have much development, and on the south side of San Juan at that intersection, there are no homes or businesses: Essentially, the road abuts the freeway.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 15 Apr. 2024
Gourmet Alley is currently a narrow street in downtown Gilroy that abuts a strip of restaurants, mostly serving to house dumpsters and access parking.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
Generating particular excitement among planners is the prospect of opening up Eel River Canyon, abutting the nearly 200-mile Eel River, which runs along the northwestern coast not far from the Pacific Ocean.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
On the main floor, an open kitchen abutted a double-height dining room.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
This is Harbor Country—a cluster of eight small towns abutting Lake Michigan, all within a 15-minute driving radius.
—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
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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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