Abutment Definition

ə-bŭtmənt
abutments
noun
The act or process of abutting.
American Heritage
The act or an instance of abutting.
Webster's New World
Something that abuts.
American Heritage
Something that abuts or borders upon something else.
Webster's New World
The point of contact of two abutting objects or parts.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Abutment

Noun

Singular:
abutment
Plural:
abutments

Origin of Abutment

  • First attested in 1644; engineering sense first attested in 1793. From Old French aboutement. Equivalent to abut +‎ -ment.

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Abutment Sentence Examples

  • The abutment towers are similar to the river towers.

  • On the abutment towers the chains are connected by horizontal links, carried on rockers, to anchor ties.

  • Each chain over a shore span consists of two segments, the longer attached to the tie at the top of the river tower, the shorter to the link at the top of the abutment tower, and the two jointed together at the lowest point.

  • When arches form the superstructure, the abutment must be so designed as to transmit the resultant thrust to the foundation in a safe direction, and so distributed that no part may be unduly compressed.

  • From the abutment of the Hindu Kush on the Sarikol in the Pamir regions to Landi Kotal, and throughout its eastern and southern limits, the boundary of Afghanistan touches districts which were brought under British political control with the formation of the North-West Frontier Provinces of India in 1901.

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Words Starting With

AABABU

Words Ending With

TNTENT

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