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English

Noun

  1. A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
  2. Anything that serves to support something; a prop.


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Translations

  • Dutch: {{t|nl|stut|m}}, {{t+|nl|steun|m}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Stützpfeiler|m}}, {{t+|de|Strebepfeiler|m}}
  • Dutch: {{t|nl|stut|m}}, {{t+|nl|steun|m}}
  • French: {{t+|fr|appui|m}}

Verb

  1. To support something with, or as if with a buttress.
  2. To support something or someone by supplying evidence; to corroborate or substantiate.


Translations

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  • German:

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Buttress \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.
[1913 Webster]

Note: When an external projection is used merely to stiffen a
wall, it is a pier.
[1913 Webster]

2. Anything which supports or strengthens. "The ground pillar
and buttress of the good old cause of nonconformity."
--South.
[1913 Webster]

Flying buttress. See Flying buttress.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Buttress \But"tress\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buttressed (?); p.
pr. & vb. n. Buttressing.]
To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly.
[1913 Webster]

To set it upright again, and to prop and buttress it up
for duration. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet buttress
n : a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a
building [syn: buttressing]
v 1: reinforce with a buttress; "Buttress the church"
2: make stronger or defensible; "buttress your thesis"
Moby Dictionary
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


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