Meaning & use
circumjacent
Lying on all sides of something; surrounding.
See it in a sentence
The circumjacent farmland stretched for miles around the small village.
Circumjacent hills sheltered the town from the worst of the winter winds.
A note on using this word
"Circumjacent" is a formal, rarely used word; "surrounding" conveys the same idea in ordinary writing.
Words with a similar meaning
surroundingadjacent
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