Adjoining

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Adjoining Meaning and Definition from WordNet (r) 2.0
- adjoining
adj : having a common boundary or edge; touching; "abutting lots";
"adjoining rooms"; "Rhode Island has two bordering
states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of
Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the
contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities" [syn:
abutting, adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring(a)]
- Adjoin \Ad*join"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjoined; p. pr. & vb.
n. Adjoining.] [OE. ajoinen, OF. ajoindre, F. adjoindre,
fr. L. adjungere; ad + jungere to join. See Join, and cf.
Adjunct.]
To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact
with; to attach; to append.
Corrections . . . should be, as remarks, adjoined by
way of note. --Watts.
- Adjoining \Ad*join"ing\, a.
Joining to; contiguous; adjacent; as, an adjoining room.
``The adjoining fane.'' --Dryden.
Upon the hills adjoining to the city. --Shak.
Syn: Adjacent; contiguous; near; neighboring; abutting;
bordering. See Adjacent.
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Wikipedia Meaning and Definition on 'Adjoining'
- Tree-adjoining grammar: Tree-adjoining grammar (TAG) is a grammar formalism defined by Aravind Joshi . Tree-adjoining grammars are somewhat similar to context- ...
- Parklands adjoining the Yarra River: Dogs are not permitted in parklands adjoining the river unless otherwise stated in special off-lead areas. Parklands: parklands that adjoin the ...
Words and phrases related to 'Adjoining'
| Abutting | Adjacent | Bordering | Connecting | Conterminous |
| Contiguous | Coterminous | Endways | Endwise | Immediate |
| Joined | Juxtaposed | Juxtapositional | Juxtapositive | Neighbor |
| Neighboring | Next |
Adjoining Sample Sentences in News
- Zadar Acquires Uranium Project Adjoining Fission Uranium's Patterson North
Zadar Ventures Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a purchase agreement with an arm's length vendor to acquire a 100% interest in the 7,744 hectare Patterson Northeast Uranium project ... Read more on this news related to 'Adjoining' - Bellamy Mansion Museum buys house on adjoining property
The museum, which preserves the Bellamy Mansion at 503 Market St., has bought the adjoining Grant-Bellamy House at 513 Market St. Read more on this news related to 'Adjoining' - Pre-monsoon heating of north-west, central India begins
Pre-monsoon heating has started in right earnest over north-west and adjoining Central India, though slightly behind schedule this year. Read more on this news related to 'Adjoining'

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