contiguous

About 2.31 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Connected; touching; abutting.
2. adjective Adjacent; neighboring.
3. adjective Connecting without a break.

   the forty-eight contiguous states

Similar words

adjoining conterminous adjacent abutting connected immediate close bordering adjacency side-by-side

Often followed by

to with zone and areas states territory parts or

Word family

contiguously contiguousness contiguousnesses