About The Word Buttress
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Buttress
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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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