Dictionary Entry
abutment
abutment is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: State of abutting. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
State of abutting.
- 2noun
That on or against which a body abuts or presses
- 3noun
The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut.
- 4noun
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.
- 5noun
In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil.
- 6noun
a masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge
- 7noun
point of contact between two objects or parts
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