contiguous
adj. C1 Advanced US //kənˈtɪɡjuəs// UK //kəntˈɪɡjuːəs// con·tigu·ous
adj. sharing a border or touching along one side. You use this to describe things like rooms, countries, or states that are next to each other without any gaps.
adj. sharing a common border or touching along an edge; adjacent in space or time. Often used in legal or geographical contexts to describe physical proximity.
The two offices are contiguous and share a door.
The United States consists of forty-eight contiguous states plus Alaska and Hawaii.
The developer purchased several contiguous plots of land to ensure the new shopping complex would have a unified and uninterrupted footprint.
From Latin contiguus (“touching”), from contingere (“to touch”); see contingent, contact, contagion.
Usage
Often followed by the preposition 'with'.