Meaning & use
adjoin
To be next to and in contact with something, often sharing a common wall, border, or boundary.
See it in a sentence
The garden adjoins a small public park, so neighbors often walk through both spaces.
Our office adjoins the accounting department, which makes it easy to ask quick questions.
A note on using this word
Adjoin takes a direct object and is not usually followed by 'to'; say 'the yard adjoins the road,' not 'adjoins to the road.'
Words with a similar meaning
borderabut
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