abuts
Because it is a word with a single syllable, abuts is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofabuts
- To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land)
Example: "His land abuts on the road."
- To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to.
- To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall.
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