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buttressing Definition


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buttress
noun buttresses
    1. archit.civil engineering.
      A projecting support made of brick or masonry, etc built on to the outside of a wall. See also flying buttress.
      Thesaurus: support, mainstay, abutment, pier, prop, stanchion, stay, strut.
    2. Any support or prop.
verb buttresses, buttressed, buttressing
    1. To support (a wall, etc) with buttresses.
      Thesaurus: bolster, bracere, inforce, strengthen, shore up, support, sustain, uphold; Antonym: weaken, undermine.
    2. To support or encourage (an argument, etc).
Etymology: 14c as butres: from French bouter to push.



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