Definition of buttress Buttress
/bʌˈtɹʌs/ - [butrus] - but•tress
We found 18 definitions of buttress from 9 different sources.
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What does buttress mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: buttresses |
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| buttress - a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building | ||
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| support a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission; "they called for artillery support" | ||
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| buttress - reinforce with a buttress; "Buttress the church" | ||
| reenforce, reinforce make stronger; "he reinforced the concrete" | ||
| buttress - make stronger or defensible; "buttress your thesis" | ||
| beef up, strengthen, fortify gain strength; "His body strengthened" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- buttress (Noun)
A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it. - buttress (Noun)
Anything that serves to support something; a prop. - buttress (Noun)
A buttress-root. - buttress (Noun)
A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock; a crag, a bluff. - buttress (Verb)
To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress. - buttress (Verb)
To support something or someone by supplying evidence; to corroborate or substantiate.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- buttress (n.)
A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry. - buttress (n.)
Anything which supports or strengthens. - buttress (v. t.)
To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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buttress
Architectural element that reinforces structure, absorbing the forces discharged on it.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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buttress
but′res, n. a projecting support built on to the outside of a wall: any support or prop.—v.t. to prop or support, as by a buttress. [Acc. to Dr Murray, perh. from O. Fr. bouterez, apparently from bouter, to push, bear against.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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buttress
In fortification. (See COUNTERFORTS.)
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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buttress
A sustaining wall at right angles to the main wall, which it is intended to strengthen.
Wikipedia 
- A buttress is a structure placed against the walls of a building to give it more support, or to help it to hold the roofs. Buttresses are common in ancient buildings, especially in Europe.
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🔤- buttress, verb, present, 1st person singular of buttress (infinitive).
- buttress, verb (infinitive).
- buttress, noun, singular of buttresses.
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