adjoining

[ uh-joi-ning ]

adjective

1. being in contact at some point or line; located next to another; bordering; contiguous:

   the adjoining room; a row of adjoining town houses.

adjoining

/ əˈdʒɔɪnɪŋ /

adjective

1. being in contact; connected or neighbouring

Other Words From

• nonad·joining adjective
• unad·joining adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of adjoining¹

First recorded in 1485–95; adjoin + -ing ²

Synonym Study

Adjoining, adjacent, bordering all mean near or close to something. Adjoining implies touching, having a common point or line: an adjoining yard. Adjacent implies being nearby or next to something else: all the adjacent houses; adjacent angles. Bordering means having a common boundary with something: the farm bordering on the river.

Example Sentences

Robinson and Emeigh said that in 1989, Carroll and Jensen converted a room in the sprawling Ziegfeld’s building that had once been used as a restaurant into a separate adjoining bar called Secrets, which featured nude male dancers.

From Washington Blade

Both separations occurred at the trains’ couplers — the large latches at the end of each rail car that connect to adjoining cars.

From Washington Post

Exploitation of trafficking victims may be most acute in conflict and adjoining regions, but it is not confined to these areas.

From The Daily Beast

Which is why in 1961, the distillery finally decided to purchase the estate and its adjoining home.

From The Daily Beast

Four people in adjoining houses had died, the only fatalities.

From The Daily Beast

La Teresita also has an adjoining cafeteria where you can head for an informal buffet and heaping piles of Cuban delicacies.

From The Daily Beast

Surreally, a choir of high school students at the gate adjoining ours begins singing a hymnal.

From The Daily Beast

The countries about the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea and its adjoining waters.

From Project Gutenberg

Before Louis could answer in the negative, he heard voices in the adjoining garden.

From Project Gutenberg

Adjoining the engine-house on the other side, is the stable, where five splendid horses are kept.

From Project Gutenberg

The announcements of the meets in this and adjoining counties appear regularly in the Midland Counties' Herald.

From Project Gutenberg

In a hotel in the city of Antwerp, where we stayed for several days, we occupied adjoining bedrooms having a communicating door.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• adjacent
• contiguous
• neighboring