abutments

Meaning of abutments

plural noun
  1. a structure built to support the lateral pressure of an arch or span, e.g. at the ends of a bridge.
    the first bridge was of timber with stone abutments

Information about abutments

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of abutments is: abutment.
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Hyphenation of abutments

abut-ments

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • abutments is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

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