Abut
(verb)
- To touch or border upon.
- To be next to or adjacent to something.
Origin:
Late 16th century (in the sense "lie adjacent to"): from latin abutere "use up, cause to lean", from ab- "away from" + uti "to use".
Examples:
- The garden abuts the forest.
- The property abuts a busy road.
- The two buildings abut each other.
- The park abuts the river.
- The land abuts the national park.