buttress
A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support itA brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
» He used evidence to buttress his claims.
Meaning
5 sensesA brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
Stützpfeiler, Strebepfeiler, Gewölbepfeiler
контрфорсkontrfors
контрфо́рсkontrfórs, підпо́раpidpóra
a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
(broadly)Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
Stütze, Strebe, Aussteifung
подпоркаpodporka, опо́раopóra
опо́раopóra, підтри́мкаpidtrýmka
A buttress root.
A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.
Crowell Buttresses, Dismal Buttress
Vorsprung, Vorbau, Klippe
(figuratively)Anything that supports or strengthens.
Examples
3 sentencesHe used evidence to buttress his claims.
After the fire, I noticed that a buttress on the east side of the cathedral was blackened with soot.
Many Gothic cathedrals, such as the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, have flying buttresses.
Translations
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Origin
From Old French ars bouterez (noun, literally “supporting arcs”), from bouterez (adjectiveFrom Old French ars bouterez (noun, literally “supporting arcs”), from bouterez (adjective), oblique plural of bouteret (rare in the singular), from Frankish *bôtan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to push”). Ultimately cognate with beat.
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Forms
plural: buttressesSynonyms
5 synonyms- a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building:buttressing