/
əˈbʌt/
v.
(abuts, abutting, abutted)
- (of land or a building) be next to or share a boundary with.
- touch or lean on.
Etymology
ME: from Anglo-Latin abuttare, from a- ‘to’ + OFr. but ‘end’; sense 2 is from OFr. abouter, from a- + bouter (see butt1).
