Sekirov Dictionary

buttress

UK /ˈbʌtɹəs/US /ˈbʌtɹɪs/

noun5

  1. A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
  2. Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
  3. A buttress root.
  4. (figurative) Anything that supports or strengthens.
  5. A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.

verb2

  1. To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.
  2. (figurative) To support something or someone by supplying evidence.
forms

buttressed · buttressing · buttresses

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