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What (who) is ABUTTING - definition
Abutting
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Abut.
Abutment
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SUBSTRUCTURE AT THE ENDS OF A BRIDGE SPAN OR DAM SUPPORTING ITS SUPERSTRUCTURE
Abutments; Bridge abutments; Bridge abutment
·noun State of abutting.
II. Abutment ·noun That on or against which a body abuts or presses.
III. Abutment ·noun In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil.
IV. Abutment ·noun The solid part of a pier or wall, ·etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut.
V. Abutment ·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.
Examples of use of ABUTTING
1. But some have reached gargantuan proportions, abutting residential communities.
2. In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok‘s Islamabad correspondent on Tuesday, Asfandyar said insurgency was rampant only in areas abutting Pakistan.
3. He severed Pakistan‘s official links with the Taliban, backed the US war on al–Qaida terror, and set about taming lawless tribal areas abutting the Afghan border.
4. Two employees of Pakistan‘s atomic energy agency have been abducted in the country‘s restive north–western region abutting the Afghan border, police say.
5. Operation Mountain Lion, a large–scale, month–long military sweep through Afghanistan‘s Konar province abutting Pakistan, folded with a whimper this week.