adjoining

Being in contact at some point or line; joining to.

Adjective

  1. Being in contact at some point or line; joining to.
    • an adjoining room
    • The location was described to be "on the lower side of the river, adjoining land owned by Whitmore Knaggs and on the upper side by lands not yet granted." - 1902, Robert B. Ross, editor, History of the Knaggs family of...
    • He had contemplated Pym in all the stages he had grown up with him, drunk with him and worked with him, including a night in Berlin he had totally forgotten until now when they had ended up screwing a couple of army...

    Synonyms: contiguous bordering

Origin

From Middle English ajoinen, from Old French ajoindre, (compare French adjoindre), from Latin adiungō (“join to”), formed from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + iungō (“join”).

Forms

more adjoining most adjoining

Synonyms

adjacent bordering

Antonyms

separated

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of adjoin