Meaning & use
adjacent
Next to or adjoining something else, sharing a common border or edge.
See it in a sentence
The bookstore sits adjacent to a small coffee shop on the corner.
Two adjacent fields were separated only by a narrow wooden fence.
A note on using this word
Adjacent things share a border or are immediately next to each other, but unlike touching, they need not actually be in contact.
Words with a similar meaning
neighboringadjoiningbordering
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