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abutt

UK/əˈbʌt/US/əˈbʌt/

abutt is the archaic form of abut.

Meaning of abut

Verb (1)

abut (third-person singular simple present abuts, present participle abutting, simple past and past participle abutted)

  1. (intransitive) To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land)
    • It was a time when Germany still abutted upon Russia.
  2. (transitive) To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:abut.

Verb (2)

abut (third-person singular simple present abuts, present participle abutting, simple past and past participle abutted)

  1. (intransitive) To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall.

Forms of abutt

third-person singular presentabutts
present participleabutting
past participleabutted
pastabutted

Words that rhyme with abutt

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Questions about abutt

What is abutt the archaic form of?
Abutt is the archaic form of abut.
How do you pronounce abutt?
Abutt is pronounced /əˈbʌt/ (UK).

Words near abutt in the dictionary

  1. abutiloside
  2. abutment
  3. abutments
  4. abuts
  5. abuts on
  6. abutt
  7. abuttal
  8. abuttaled
  9. abuttaling
  10. abuttalled
  11. abuttalling

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