abutment

abutment has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. State of abutting.
• n.. That on or against which a body abuts or presses
• n.. The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut.
• n.. 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.
• n.. In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil.
• n.. a masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge
• n.. point of contact between two objects or parts