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Word: Abut
Speech Type: Verb
Middle English (in the sense ‘lean forward’): partly from Anglo-Norman French and Old French abouter ‘to look out’, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + bouter ‘strike, butt’, of Germanic origin (compare butt); and partly from Old French abuter ‘to arrive’, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + but ‘end’
əˈbʌt
(of a building or an area of land) be next to or have a common boundary with
Short Definition:be next to or have common boundary with
Examples:- gardens abutting Great Prescott Street
- a park abutting on an area of waste land
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