ADJ.
against, sarcastic
VERB + ABUT
arches, remark
ABUT + NOUN
food, stone
verb
To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land)
It was a time when Germany still abutted upon Russia.
His land abuts on the road.
To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to.
To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall.
verb — lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
The arches abut against the stone.
Janos made a sarcastic remark abut the food.