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abut
verb as in touch or be next to something
Example Sentences
The tunnel had been there since before the war, said Mohammad Doghmosh, adding that it abutted a low building.
Chicago, technically speaking, abuts the border with Canada because Lake Michigan is part of an international waterway.
She travels to Savannah’s Bonaventure graveyard, abutting the Wilmington River, “where shrimp boats float, a mostly silent river that is only audible when a breeze shakes the trees and you hear the water whisper.”
San José was the first city in California to change laws allowing accessory dwelling units to be sold separately from the houses they abut.
But after Lord Leveson published his report into the ethics of the press, police forces became much more cautious abut what information they released.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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