abutting

Verb

Plain form abut

Third-person singular abuts

Past tense abutted

Past participle abutted

Present participle abutting

1. The present participle of abut.

Adjective

Positive abutting

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. If things are abutting, they touch each other.
   • Synonyms: touching, adjacent, neighboring, contigious, adjoining and counterminous

   Canada and the United States are abutting countries.

Related words

• abut
• abutment