abut
Word family nounabutmentabuttalabutterverbabutadjectiveabutting
a·but /əˈbʌt/ (also abut on) verb (abutted, abutting) [transitiveT] formal PLACEif one piece of land or a building abuts another, it is next to it or touches one side of it 邻接,毗连 → adjoin Origin abut (1400-1500) Partly from Old French aboter “to share a border with”, from bout “act of hitting, end”, from boter “to hit”; partly from Old French abuter “to come to an end”, from but “end, aim”