abut on
C1 formal inseparable transitive
In simple words
When one piece of land or a building touches or is right next to another.
Literal meaning: To butt up against something — the idea of two things pressing against each other at a joint.
Meanings
1 C1 formal
Of a piece of land or a building: to share a boundary with something; to be directly next to it.
"The garden abutted on the old stone wall that separated the two properties."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Used mainly in legal, architectural, or geographical descriptions. Not common in everyday conversation. Also seen as 'abut onto' or 'abut against'.
Commonly used with
property land building road wall fence
Forms
Base
abut on
I/you/we/they
3rd person
abuts on
he/she/it
Past simple
abuted on
yesterday
Past participle
abuted on
have + pp
-ing form
abuting on
continuous
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