Abutment (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. Architecture, Civil Engineering.
    • a masonry mass supporting and receiving the thrust of part of an arch or vault.
    • a force that serves to abut an arch or vault.
    • a mass, as of masonry, receiving the arch, beam, truss, etc., at each end of a bridge.
    • a mass or structure for resisting the pressure of water on a bridge, pier, or the like.
    • each of the parts of a canyon or the like receiving the thrusts of an arch dam.
    • a structure for absorbing tensions from reinforcing strands for concrete being prestressed.
  2. the place where projecting parts meet; junction.
  3. a tooth or tooth root that supports or stabilizes a bridge, denture, or other prosthetic appliance.
noun
  1. the state or process of abutting
    • something that abuts
    • the thing on which something abuts
    • the point of junction between them
  3. a construction that takes the thrust of an arch or vault or supports the end of a bridge
Abutment (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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