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buttress (noun)

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  • buttress — ► NOUN 1) a projecting support built against a wall. 2) a projecting portion of a hill or mountain. ► VERB 1) support with buttresses. 2) support or strengthen. ORIGIN from Old French ars bouterez thrusting arch …   English terms dictionary

  • buttress pier — noun 1. : a pier serving wholly or in part as a buttress 2. : the part of a buttress above the point of thrust 3. : the pier receiving the thrust of a flying buttress …   Useful english dictionary

  • buttress root — noun : an adventitious root serving as an added support to a tree (as in the banyan and ceiba) compare knee …   Useful english dictionary

  • buttress thread — noun : a screw thread in which the driving face is made perpendicular to the axis of the screw (as in a square thread) while the back face makes an angle with the axis (as in a V thread) in order to combine efficiency in the transmission of power …   Useful english dictionary

  • buttress tower — noun : a tower at either side of an archway (as for defense of a gate wall) …   Useful english dictionary

  • buttress — I UK [ˈbʌtrəs] / US noun [countable] Word forms buttress : singular buttress plural buttresses a structure made of brick or stone that sticks out from the wall of a building to support it • See: flying buttress II UK [ˈbʌtrəs] / US verb… …   English dictionary

  • hanging buttress — noun : a buttress usually supported on a corbel * * * hanging buttress noun A buttress supported by a corbel or the like • • • Main Entry: ↑hang …   Useful english dictionary

  • buttress — I. noun Etymology: Middle English butres, from Anglo French (arche) boteraz thrusting (arch), ultimately from buter to thrust more at butt Date: 14th century 1. a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • buttress — but|tress1 [ bʌtrəs ] noun count a structure made of brick or stone that sticks out from the wall of a building to support it => FLYING BUTTRESS buttress but|tress 2 [ bʌtrəs ] verb transitive FORMAL to make someone or something stronger by… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • buttress — /ˈbʌtrəs / (say butruhs) noun 1. Architecture a structure built against a wall or building for the purpose of giving it stability. 2. any prop or support. 3. a thing shaped like a buttress, as a rock wall projecting from a mountainside. –verb (t) …  

  • buttress — 1. noun /ˈbʌtɹəs,ˈbʌtrɪs/ a) A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it. , , , , . The direct route is highlighted.]] b) Anything that serves to support something; a prop. All that day they rode into broken land. The …   Wiktionary

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