Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

abutter

/əˈbʌ.tɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: abut-ter
IPA: /əˈbʌ.tɚ/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who, or that which, abuts, specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate.

Example Sentences

"the abutters on a street or a river"
"But said corporation shall not acquire title to any land, nor enter upon any street, until all damages to the owners of land and abutters on any part of a street occupied, or to be occupied, by its structure have been paid or secured[…]"
"2015 April 23, James Kinsella writing in The Enterprise, Heritage Hearing Boils Over Residents continually brought up the aerial park, which had been quickly approved by the committee a year earlier after Heritage failed to notify abutters about the proposal. And Mr. Collins continually banged his gavel to cut them off."

Etymology

From abut + -er.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /əˈbʌ.tɚ/

Inflected Forms

abutters (plural)

Rhymes With

butter utter qatar cutter shutter gutter clutter flutter stutter putter nutter mutter

Questions

How do you pronounce abutter?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈbʌ.tɚ/.
What does abutter mean?: One who, or that which, abuts, specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate.
Where does abutter come from?: From abut + -er.

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