having a common boundary or edge; touching; "abutting lots"; "adjoining rooms"; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities
To reach; to touch In old law, the ends were said to abut, the sides to adjoin The term "abutting" implies a closer proximity than the term "adjacent "
To border on or to share a common boundary For example, a property owner could have land that "abuts" a highway, which means the two properties border each other
When land or a building abuts something or abuts on something, it is next to it. = adjoin. if one piece of land or a building abuts another, it is next to it or touches one side of it (Partly from aboter , from bout , from boter ; partly from abuter , from but )