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adjoin verb [ əˈdʒɔɪn ]

• be next to and joined with (a building, room, or piece of land).
• "the dining room adjoins a conservatory"
Similar: be next to, be adjacent to, border (on), neighbour, verge on, abut, butt up against, butt up to, bound on, be contiguous with, be connected to, communicate with, link up with, extend as far as, extend to, join, conjoin, connect with/to, touch, meet, connecting, connected, interconnecting, adjacent, abutting, neighbouring, bordering, next-door, contiguous, proximate, attached, joining, touching, meeting, conjoining, approximate, vicinal,
Opposite: remote,
Origin: Middle English: from Old French ajoindre, from Latin adjungere, from ad- ‘to’ + jungere ‘to join’.


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