Associations to the word «Buttress»
Noun
- Chimney
- Side
- Gorge
- Brace
- Foothill
- Evangelist
- Skyscraper
- Screw
- Thread
- Timber
- Zion
- Carving
- Enclosure
- Cone
- Fortress
- Builder
- Fortification
- Support
- Southwest
- Brush
- Base
- Gravity
- Tile
- Church
- Graham
- Brick
- Hillside
- Shaft
- Talon
- Span
- Avalanche
- Diameter
- Building
- Elevation
- Interior
- Milestone
- Peak
- Ft
- Moonlight
- Top
- Sill
- Statue
- Bluff
- Courtyard
- Decoration
- Canyon
- Architect
- Dame
- Insertion
- Mount
- Ivy
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
BUTTRESS, noun. (architecture) A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
BUTTRESS, noun. Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
BUTTRESS, noun. (botany) A buttress-root.
BUTTRESS, noun. (climbing) A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock; a crag, a bluff.
BUTTRESS, noun. (figurative) Anything that supports or strengthens.
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.
Dictionary definition
BUTTRESS, noun. A support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building.
BUTTRESS, verb. Reinforce with a buttress; "Buttress the church".
BUTTRESS, verb. Make stronger or defensible; "buttress your thesis".
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