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buttress

Noun

∙ A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it. architecture
∙ Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
∙ A buttress-root. botany
∙ A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock; a crag, a bluff. climbing
∙ Anything that supports or strengthens. figuratively

Verb

∙ To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.
∙ To support something or someone by supplying evidence; to corroborate or substantiate.

BABYLON ENGLISH
buttress v.
support, reinforce
support, brace

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
buttress
buttress
\but"tress\ (&?;), n. [oe. butrasse, boterace, fr. f. bouter to push; cf. of. bouteret (nom. sing. and acc. pl. bouterez) buttress. see butt an end, and cf. butteris.]
1. (arch.) a projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry.
note: when an external projection is used merely to stiffen a wall, it is a pier.
2. anything which supports or strengthens. "the ground pillar and buttress of the good old cause of nonconformity."
similar words(1)

flying buttress

WORDNET 2.0
buttress
Noun
1. a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
(synonym) buttressing
(hypernym) support
(hyponym) flying buttress, arc-boutant
Verb
1. reinforce with a buttress; "Buttress the church"
(hypernym) reinforce, reenforce
(derivation) buttressing
2. make stronger or defensible; "buttress your thesis"
(hypernym) strengthen, beef up, fortify

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Buttress
A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall. Buttresses are fairly common on more ancient buildings, as a means of providing support to act against the lateral (sideways) forces arising out of the roof structures that lack adequate bracing.
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WIKTIONARY - Yabla

buttress

Noun

∙ A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it. architecture
∙ Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
∙ A buttress-root. botany
∙ A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock; a crag, a bluff. climbing
∙ Anything that supports or strengthens. figuratively

Verb

∙ To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.
∙ To support something or someone by supplying evidence; to corroborate or substantiate.

BABYLON ENGLISH
buttress v.
support, reinforce
support, brace

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
buttress
buttress
\but"tress\ (&?;), n. [oe. butrasse, boterace, fr. f. bouter to push; cf. of. bouteret (nom. sing. and acc. pl. bouterez) buttress. see butt an end, and cf. butteris.]
1. (arch.) a projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry.
note: when an external projection is used merely to stiffen a wall, it is a pier.
2. anything which supports or strengthens. "the ground pillar and buttress of the good old cause of nonconformity."
similar words(1)

flying buttress

WORDNET 2.0
buttress
Noun
1. a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
(synonym) buttressing
(hypernym) support
(hyponym) flying buttress, arc-boutant
Verb
1. reinforce with a buttress; "Buttress the church"
(hypernym) reinforce, reenforce
(derivation) buttressing
2. make stronger or defensible; "buttress your thesis"
(hypernym) strengthen, beef up, fortify

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Buttress
A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall. Buttresses are fairly common on more ancient buildings, as a means of providing support to act against the lateral (sideways) forces arising out of the roof structures that lack adequate bracing.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

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