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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
buttress
n 1: a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a
building [syn: buttress, buttressing]
v 1: reinforce with a buttress; "Buttress the church"
2: make stronger or defensible; "buttress your thesis"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
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Note: When an external projection is used merely to stiffen a
wall, it is a pier.
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2. Anything which supports or strengthens. "The ground pillar
and buttress of the good old cause of nonconformity."
--South.
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Flying buttress. See Flying buttress.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Buttress \But"tress\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buttressed (?); p.
pr. & vb. n. Buttressing.]
To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly.
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To set it upright again, and to prop and buttress it up
for duration. --Burke.
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Thesaurus Results for buttress:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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