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Verb
/ˈbətris/,
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buttresses, plural;
  1. Provide (a building or structure) with projecting supports built against its walls
    • - a buttressed wall
  2. Increase the strength of or justification for; reinforce
    • - authority was buttressed by religious belief
Noun
  1. A projecting support of stone or brick built against a wall

  2. A projecting portion of a hill or mountain

  3. A source of defense or support
    • - there was a demand for a new stable order as a buttress against social collapse
  1. (buttress) reinforce with a buttress; "Buttress the church"
  2. (buttressing) buttress: a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
  3. A buttress is an architectural structure built against (a counterfort) or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall. ...
  4. (buttress) A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it; Anything that serves to support something; a prop; A buttress-root; A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock; a crag, a bluff; To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or ...
  5. (Buttress) An implant applied in such a manner as to press against a fragment and prevent its axial displacement under compressive physiological load, maintaining its reduction “out to length”, is said to be functioning as a buttress. ...
  6. (Buttress) broadened bottom of a tree trunk that helps to stabilize a tree growing in wet soil or water
  7. (Buttress) Ridge of wood that develops in the angle between a lateral root and the butt of a tree, which may extend up the stem to a considerable height.
  8. (Buttress (Tile Rise)) the raised portion of a shower curb that is on more than one level.
  9. (buttress) a mass of masonry or brickwork projecting from or built against a wall to give additional strength
  10. (Buttress) A projecting structure, usually masonry or wood, supporting or giving stability to a wall.
  11. (buttress) a prominent feature of rock that juts out from the side of a mountain
  12. (Buttress) Often associated with Gothic architecture. The out-jutting, or thickening of a wall to support an overhead beam or roof arch. Added support to oppose horizontal forces on tall walls.
  13. (Buttress) A rock formation that projects out from the line of a face.
  14. (buttress) A support, usually exterior, for a wall, arch, or vault, that opposes the lateral forces of these structures. A flying buttress consists of a strut or segment of an arch carrying the thrust of a vault to a vertical pier positioned away from the main portion of the building. ...
  15. (Buttress) an external architectural support that counteracts the lateral thrust of an arch or wall.
  16. (buttress) Something that provides support to a wall
  17. (Buttress) A masonry projection from a wall to add strength and to resist the outward thrust of a roof or vault above.
  18. (buttress) Brick or masonary structure built againt a wall to add reinforcement.
  19. (buttress) support for a wall, encouragement or support for a person
  20. (Buttress) Projection from a wall for additional support.
  21. (BUTTRESS) A large protruding face or area of a crag.
  22. (BUTTRESS) Vertical masonry or concrete support, usually larger at the base, which projects from a wall.
  23. (Buttress) (1) An exterior pier of masonry construction, often sloped, which is used to strengthen or support a wall or absorb lateral thrusts from roof vaults. (2) An A-shaped formwork of timber or steel used to strengthen or support a wall.
  24. (Buttress) A brick or stone support to a wall designed to resist lateral movement.
  25. (Buttress) A man-made fill designed and built to support a weak or unstable slope. A buttress is usually provided with a "keyway" at the toe of slope which is excavated into stable material. Compacted fill is benched into stable material as the fill slope is constructed. ...