buttress | ||
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 |