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Definition of abut verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

abut

verb

NAmE//əˈbʌt//

[intransitive, transitive] abut (on) something (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they abut

he / she / it abuts

past simple abutted

-ing form abutting

(of land or a building) to be next to something or to have one side touching the side of something The hedges abut the road.

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