abutment vs upright

abutment

noun
  • The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault. 

  • A construction that supports the ends of a bridge; a structure that anchors the cables on a suspension bridge. 

  • The part of a valley or canyon wall against which a dam is constructed. 

  • A fixed point or surface where resistance is obtained. 

  • The point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts. 

  • That element that shares a common boundary or surface with its neighbor. 

  • The tooth that supports a denture or bridge. 

  • Something that abuts, or on which something abuts. 

  • The state of abutting. 

upright

noun
  • Any vertical part of a structure. 

  • An upright piano. 

  • An upright arcade game cabinet. 

  • A leg 

  • A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic. 

  • A goal post. 

adv
  • In or into an upright position. 

adj
  • Greater in height than breadth. 

  • Of good morals; practicing ethical values. 

  • Vertical; erect 

  • Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft. 

  • In its proper orientation; not overturned. 

verb
  • To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen). 

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