ABUTTING

ABUT

border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on

(verb) lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; “Canada adjoins the U.S.”; “England marches with Scotland”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

abutting (not comparable)

Facing each other, front to front.

Verb

abutting

present participle of abut

Noun

abutting (plural abuttings)

abutment

the abuttings of roads

Source: Wiktionary


ABUT

A*but", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Abutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Abutting.] Etym: [OF. abouter, aboter; cf. F. aboutir, and also abuter; a (L. ad) + OF. boter, buter, to push: cf. F. bout end, and but end, purpose.]

Definition: To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet;

– with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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