Definitions for abut

abut a·but

Spelling: [uh-buht]
IPA: /əˈbʌt/

Abut is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 32 anagrams from letters in abut (abtu).

Definitions for abut

verb (used with object)

  1. to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
  2. to support by an abutment.

verb (used without object)

  1. to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border (often followed by on, upon, or against):

Origin of abut

1425-75; late Middle English Middle French, Old French abuter touch at one end, verbal derivative of a but to (the) end; see a-5, butt

Examples for abut

The bearings of feed roll a abut against rubber cushions c, c, whose amount of compression is regulated by the set screws d, d.

There is some debate about how this will affect clinics that abut sidewalks or public streets.

To cause s to become locked in its adjusted position a plug screw p is inserted for the end of s to abut against.

I come to talk to you abut M. de Boiscoran, my betrothed, my husband.

Charlie, who came in last, did not abut the door behind him.

With a few exceptions, they are charged with no atmosphere and abut at no climax.

The need of some central building, against which these additions may abut, will be felt.

When two timbers or planks are united endways, they are said to butt or abut against each other.

But he perceived with surprise that the pillar did not abut immediately on the wall, as he had supposed.

Where the strips abruptly meet others, or abut upon a boundary at right angles, they are sometimes called butts.

Word Value for abut
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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