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abutting
/əˈbʌt.ɪŋ/
verb
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)
"His land abuts on the road."
To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to.
verb
To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall.
noun
Abutment
"the abuttings of roads"
adjective
Facing each other, front to front.
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