abut+on
81neighbor — Synonyms and related words: abut, abut on, abutter, acquaintance, adjacent, adjoin, adjoiner, adjoining, advocate, alter ego, appose, backer, be contiguous, be in contact, best friend, border, border on, borderer, bordering, bosom friend, bring… …
82stand by — Synonyms and related words: abut, abut on, adjoin, advocate, around, aye, back, back up, be contiguous, be in contact, be prepared, be ready, border, border on, butt, champion, clasp, cling to, conjoin, connect, defend, flank, follow close upon,… …
83verge — Synonyms and related words: about to, abut, abut on, adjoin, aim, approach, armory, badge, badge of office, badges, bank, baton, be contiguous, be in contact, bear, befringe, bend to, bias, bind, blazonry, board, border, border line, border on,… …
84border — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. edge, limit, margin, rim; frontier, boundary; trim (See ornament). See nearness, contact, agriculture. Ant., center. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Edge] Syn. margin, hem, trim; see …
85meet — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. encounter, intersect; oppose; greet, welcome; satisfy; refute; assemble, gather; contend. See agreement, assemblage, contact. adj. fitting. See expedience. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. fitting, apt,… …
86touch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. t. feel (see touch); contact; reach, equal, attain; pertain to, relate to; affect, move; tinge, imbue; slang, borrow from. See arrival, sensibility, relation, mixture, borrowing. touch up II …
87butt — There are no fewer than four distinct words butt in English. The oldest, ‘hit with the head’ [12], comes via Anglo Norman buter from Old French boter. This can be traced back through Vulgar Latin *bottāre ‘thrust’ (source of English button) to a… …
88abutment — (n.) 1640s, from ABUT (Cf. abut) + MENT (Cf. ment). Originally any junction; the architectural usage is attested from 1793 (the notion is of the meeting place of the arches of a bridge, etc.) …
89touch — I. v. a. 1. Hit (lightly), strike against. 2. Perceive by the sense of feeling. 3. Meet, be contiguous to, abut on. 4. Graze, come in contact with (in passing over). 5. Reach, come to, arrive at, attain to. 6. Delineate ( …
90adjoin — v 1. border on or upon or against, abut on or upon, verge upon, impinge upon; lean on or upon or against; lie near to, lie close to, lie next to, lie or be adjacent to; end at, stop at, finish at. 2. touch, reach, butt, border, impinge, abut,… …
