Abutment

What do we mean by abutment?

The act or process of abutting. noun

Something that abuts. noun

The point of contact of two abutting objects or parts. noun

The part of a structure that bears the weight or pressure of an arch. noun

A structure that supports the end of a bridge. noun

A structure that anchors the cables of a suspension bridge. noun

The state or condition of abutting. noun

That which abuts or borders on something else; the part abutting or abutted upon or against. noun

Sometimes shortened to butment. noun

State of abutting. noun

That on or against which a body abuts or presses. noun

The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut. noun

A fixed point or surface from which resistance or reaction is obtained, as the cylinder head of a steam engine, the fulcrum of a lever, etc. noun

In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil. noun

The state of abutting. noun

That element that shares a common boundary or surface with its neighbor. noun

The tooth that supports a denture or bridge. noun

The point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts.

The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault.

A construction that supports the ends of a bridge; a structure that anchors the cables on a suspension bridge.

The part of a valley or canyon wall against which a dam is constructed.

Something that abuts, or on which something abuts.

The state of abutting.

That element that shares a common boundary or surface with its neighbor.

The tooth that supports a denture or bridge.

A fixed point or surface where resistance is obtained.

A form of abuse indicated by physical scars or bruises. Urban Dictionary

Adjacent; to join or touch at the border. Urban Dictionary

Someone who have spirit like a Lion. He always like Blue and Black color. He have good sense of humor and always wanted to be somebody who can share a good thing for someone he love. He pretend to be alone and sometimes he thinking about him self every single for self healing. Urban Dictionary

A word in the dictionary, don’t use A before the word abutiti Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to abutment:
abutment, abetment, butment, augment, abatement, abortment, hutment, abutments.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word abutment:
denture, implant, scour, spillway, prosthesis, mucosa, sheeting, piers, pier, prosthetic, screw, removable, truss, embankment, piles, tapered, bridge, bedrock, spans, masonry, roadway, walkway, aqueduct, dam, teeth, concrete, titanium, spectral, upstream, dental, downstream, span, intake, pillar, arched, arch, weir, washed, cement, reservoir, arches, tooth, reinforced, granite, pedestrian, clearance, retaining, outlet, sandstone, builder, deck, bacteria, ear, crest, discharge, foundations, bridges, diameter, drainage, flood, horizontal, walls, brisbane, seal, bone, partial, wall, gates, accommodate, visible, collapse, stones, canyon, reconstruction, tunnel, width, crown, steel, vertical, load, structural, structure, installed, adjacent, fixed, wooden, longest, suspension, driven, timber, custom, crossed, remains, damaged, elevation, demolished, stone, basin, piece, tall.

Adjectives that are often used to describe abutment:
left, right, concrete, east, west, south, north, posterior, distal, anterior, terminal, western, eastern, hand, single, overdenture, southern, natural, northern, fixed, partial, opposite, solid, mesial, massive, heavy, prepared, double, rigid, angled, suitable, nearest, straight, nearer, lateral, firm, piece, temporary, transmucosal, northwest, end, angulated, secondary, unloaded, potential, ideal, standard, ulnocarpal, type, through, southeast, typical, vertical, southwest, intermediate, near, sufficient, adequate, continuous, front, square, far, satisfactory, adjacent, rocky, wall, cement, shaped, mutual, glossary.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective abutment:
teeth, interface, piers, soil, preparations, junction, walls, bridges, connection, foundation, pier.

Consonant match to abutment:
abatement, abetment.

Words that sound like abutment:
abutment, abetment, abatement, abodement, abutments, abashment, debatement, abatements, abonnement, abortment, apartment, appointment, appeasement, abasement, appeasment, appartement, hutment, a bit much, embedment, opponent, abundant, adjustment, allotment, abominate, unbuttoned, abeyant, battement, appetent, batement, abutted, doublement, oppugnant, obedient, ointment, tapotement, abridgement, abutting, embitterment, abridgment, agistment, obtained, apartments, impotent, appointments, ebullient, deportment, unbutton, habitant, abaddon, abstained, debasement, fitment, abbadon, abadan, abondant, approachment, substant, obtainment, embayment, ibbotson, a moment, appurtenant, butman, obstruent, abradant, appraisement, supportment, bodement, catmint, absentment, applemint, adjudgment, appeasements, apple mint, assument.