abut on in English

border on, be right next to

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1. See also: Abut Abut on To adjoin or meet at an edge or boundary

2. The invention relates to a connection (32) of two components that abut on the faces thereof.

3. Adjoin definition, to be close to or in contact with; abut on: His property Adjoins the lake

4. The protrusions (30) abut on the lower end surfaces of the metal rings (R1, R2) by point contact.

5. Abut (on/onto) something (of land or a building) to be next to something or to have one side touching the side of something

6. Abut on something [particularly of the edge of an area of land] to meet or touch something along one boundary or at one point

7. In the restrained position, the guides abut on an abutment element (35), which is fastened to the plate, at an angle such that they are displaced according to the inclined plane principle toward the release part (37).

8. In order to increase the retaining force in the housing (1), the front faces (21) of the supporting bodies (13) are outwardly slanted in the plug-in direction against the vertical plane in the region where they abut on the inner edge (22).

9. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English abut a‧but / əˈbʌt / (also abut on) verb (Abutted, abutting) [transitive] formal PLACE if one piece of land or a building abuts another, it is next to it or touches one side of it → adjoin → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus abut • Take a 15-storey building abutting a three-storey

10. Abut From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Abut a‧but / əˈbʌt / ( also Abut on ) verb ( Abutted , Abutting ) [ transitive ] formal PLACE if one piece of land or a building Abuts another, it is next to it or touches one side of it → adjoin → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus Abut • Take a 15- storey building Abutting a