to butt on

Examples

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• "It is people putting cigarette butts on the street."

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• The two properties butt on each other, separated only by a low fence.

• Their garden butts on the neighbor's yard, making it easy for children to play together.

• The house butts on the edge of a beautiful forest, offering a serene view.

Synonyms

B

to border

vsto butt on

46 2.3

To be next to a country or area along a boundary

limits meaning to touching or lying against at a boundary for land

A

to adjoin

vsto butt on

33 5.2

Next to and touching another place, like a house next to a park

is used broadly to mean being beside or touching at a border

M

to march

vsto butt on

9 8.6

To be next to another area or country

is broader and applies to any land or property touching at a border

A

to abut

vsto butt on

7 6.9

To be next to another building or piece of land, sharing a border

is the same idea but used especially for land or buildings

E

to edge

vsto butt on

3 3.2

To be next to another place, sharing a border

focuses on touching directly at a boundary rather than being merely nearby

B

to butt

vsto butt on

1 7.3

To be next to something and share a border

has the same sense specifically for land or property

B

to butt against

vsto butt on

1 5.6

To be next to something and touch its edge

is the term used particularly for land or property touching a boundary

Antonyms

S

separate

829 2.1

Not joined to another thing and kept apart

D

to detach

16 3.9

To take something off from what it is connected to

How Close

to touch

∞ 1.0

to butt on

1 9.1

to border on

30 5.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology