abuts
Touches at edges
Abuts means borders on or touches at a boundary: The property abuts a national forest.
When one thing abuts another, they share an edge or lie directly adjacent.
The word appears most often in legal and real estate contexts describing how parcels of land meet: The lot abuts the railroad right-of-way.
Outer edge or limit
- edgeBoundary or sharpness
- frontierEdge of settlement
- perimeterShape's outer edge length
- marginEdge of a page
verge · limit · demarcation · line · rim · threshold · brink · confines
Directly next to
- neighboringSituated beside another
- alongsideAt the side of
- besideAdjacent to
- nextImmediately following in sequence
flanking · proximate · nearby · close · near · surrounding · parallel · aligned
Connect or enlist
unite · adjoin · interconnect · meet · interface · butt joint · seam · junction
Sharing a border
- touchingEvoking gentle emotion
- meetingGathering for discussion
- contiguousSharing a common boundary
- juxtaposedPlaced in proximity
tangent · coterminous · side-by-side · back-to-back · flush · against · bordering · edging
border
Outer edge or limit
margin · verge · limit · demarcation · line · rim · threshold · brink · confines · partition
adjacent
Directly next to
- neighboringSituated beside another
- alongsideAt the side of
- besideAdjacent to
next · flanking · proximate · nearby · close · near · surrounding · parallel · aligned · coextensive
join
Connect or enlist
merge · unite · adjoin · interconnect · meet · interface · butt joint · seam · junction · intersection
adjoining
Sharing a border
- touchingEvoking gentle emotion
- meetingGathering for discussion
- contiguousSharing a common boundary
juxtaposed · tangent · coterminous · side-by-side · back-to-back · flush · against · bordering · edging · fringing