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abuttal

US/əˈbʌt.l̩/

abuttal noun: the butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; buttals.

Noun

abuttal (plural abuttals)

  1. (plural, plural-only, rare) The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; buttals.
    • The land is set forth by bounds and abuttals.1596, Francis Bacon, Maxims of the Law
  2. An abutment.
  3. The act of abutting.

Verb

abuttal (third-person singular simple present abuttals, present participle (US) abuttaling or (UK) abuttalling, simple past and past participle (US) abuttaled or (UK) abuttalled)

  1. (transitive) To describe a piece of land in terms of its abuttals.

Forms of abuttal

Noun
pluralabuttals
Verb
third-person singular presentabuttals
present participle USabuttaling
present participle UKabuttalling
past participle USabuttaled
past USabuttaled
past participle UKabuttalled
past UKabuttalled

Origin of abuttal

From abut + -al.

Words that rhyme with abuttal

Questions about abuttal

What does abuttal mean?
Abuttal means the butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; buttals.
What part of speech is abuttal?
Abuttal can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce abuttal?
Abuttal is pronounced /əˈbʌt.l̩/ (US).
What is the plural of abuttal?
The plural of abuttal is abuttals.

Words near abuttal in the dictionary

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

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