Definition of "abutments" []

• Plural form of abutment. (noun)

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• "Doubly delicious, we are supposed to believe, since we get a big word like "abutments"."
• "Having reached the abutments we excavated a chamber to accommodate explosives in readiness to destroy these bridges."
• "In-car electronics should also be a continued growth area, assuming that their buyers don't all manage to plow into bridge abutments while fidgeting with the latest dashboard gadgets."