adjoining
ad·join·ing
adjectiveDefinition of ADJOINING
: touching or bounding at a point or line
Examples of ADJOINING
- <the cows had broken through the fence and were grazing in the adjoining field>
First Known Use of ADJOINING
15th century
Related to ADJOINING
- Synonyms
- abutting, adjacent, bordering, conterminous, contiguous, flanking, flush, fringing, joining, juxtaposed, neighboring, skirting, touching, verging
- Antonyms
- nonadjacent, noncontiguous
See Synonym Discussion at adjacent
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