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BUTT ON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does butt on mean?
• BUTT ON (verb)
The verb BUTT ON has 1 sense:
1. lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
Familiarity information: BUTT ON used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
abut; adjoin; border; butt; butt against; butt on; edge; march
Context example:
England marches with Scotland
Hypernyms (to "butt on" is one way to...):
adjoin; contact; meet; touch (be in direct physical contact with; make contact)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "butt on"):
neighbor; neighbour (be located near or adjacent to)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
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