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Abutment

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Abutments
possessive
Abutment's
pluralpossessive
Abutments'