buttress
1. [ verb ] make stronger or defensible; buttress your thesis"
Related terms: strengthen
2. [ verb ] reinforce with a buttress
Examples:

"Buttress the church"

Related terms: reinforce
3. [ noun ] (architecture) a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
Synonyms: buttressing
Related terms: support flying_buttress
Similar spelling:   buttressed
  buttressing
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  Buttars
  butyric