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Buttress

Buttress Meaning & Definition
Buttress Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Buttress?

[n] a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
[v] make stronger or defensible; "buttress your thesis"
[v] reinforce with a buttress; "Buttress the church"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Buttress: buttressing

Related Terms | Find terms related to Buttress: abutment | advocate | affirm | afford support | alpenstock | arc-boutant | arm | athletic supporter | attest | authenticate | back | back up | backbone | backing | bandeau | bank | beam | bear | bear out | bear up | bearer | beef up | bolster | bolster up | bra | brace | brace up | bracer | bracket | brassiere | breakwater | bulwark | buoy up | buttress pier | buttressing | cane | carrier | carry | case harden | certify | cervix | circumstantiate | column | confirm | corroborate | corset | cradle | crook | crutch | cushion | document | embankment | finance | flying buttress | fortify | foundation garment | fulcrum | fund | gird | girdle | give support | groin | guy | guywire | hanging buttress | harden | hold | hold up | invigorate | jetty | jock | jockstrap | jutty | keep | keep afloat | keep up | lend support | mainstay | maintain | maintainer | mast | mole | neck | nerve | pier | pier buttress | pillow | probate | prop | prop up | prove | rampart | ratify | refresh | reinforce | reinforcement | reinforcer | reinvigorate | rest | resting place | restrengthen | retaining wall | rigging | seawall | shore | shore up | shoulder | shroud | spine | sprit | staff | standing rigging | stave | stay | steel | stick | stiffen | stiffener | strengthen | strengthener | subsidize | substantiate | subvention | subventionize | support | supporter | sustain | sustainer | temper | toughen | underbrace | undergird | underlie | underpin | underpinning | underset | upbear | uphold | upholder | upkeep | validate | verify | walking stick | warrant

See Also | arc-boutant | beef up | flying buttress | fortify | reenforce | reinforce | strengthen | support

Buttress In Webster's Dictionary

\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.'' --South. {Flying buttress}. See {Flying buttress}.
\But"tress\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Buttressed} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Buttressing}.] To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly. To set it upright again, and to prop and buttress it up for duration. --Burke.

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