buttress |
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| 1. | [ verb ] make stronger or defensible; buttress your thesis" | |
| Related terms: | strengthen | |
| 2. | [ verb ] reinforce with a buttress | |
| Examples: | "Buttress the church" |
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| 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 Butters Buttars butyric |
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