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ABUTMENT

\ɐbˈʌtmənt], \ɐbˈʌtmənt], \ɐ_b_ˈʌ_t_m_ə_n_t]\

Definitions of ABUTMENT

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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point of contact between two objects or parts
a masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

point of contact between two objects or parts
a masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

State of abutting.
The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut.
In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

State of abutting.
The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut.
In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

That which borders upon something else; the supporting structure at the end of an arch or bridge.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

In dentistry the tooth to which a bridge is anchored.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

That which abuts: (arch.) what a limb of an arch ends or rests on.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Solid support of the end or side of a bridge, or wall.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

The act of abutting; a supporting structure, as at the end of a bridge or wall.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

n. That on which a thing abuts, or that which meets or abuts on any thing; the solid part of a pier or wall, which receives the lateral pressure of an arch.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

That which abuts, or borders upon another .

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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