buttress brace

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• buttress — n Buttress, pier, abutment are architectural terms for auxiliary structures designed to serve as a prop, shore, or support for a wall (as of a building). A buttress is a structure (as of masonry) projecting from and supporting a wall and often… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• buttress — [n] brace, support abutment, column, mainstay, pier, prop, reinforcement, shore, stanchion, stay, strut, underpinning; concept 440 buttress [v] support, bolster back up, beef up*, brace, build up, bulwark, carry, jack up, jazz up*, prop,… …   New thesaurus

• brace — [n] support arm, band, bar, bearing, block, bolster, boom, bracer, bracket, buttress, cantilever, clamp, girder, grip, guy, lever, mainstay, peg, prop, rafter, reinforcement, rib, shore, skid, splice, splint, staff, stanchion, stave, stay,… …   New thesaurus

• Buttress — But tress, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Buttressed} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Buttressing}.] To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly. [1913 Webster] To set it upright again, and to prop and buttress it up for duration. Burke. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• brace — n *couple, pair, yoke brace vb *support, sustain, buttress, prop, bolster Analogous words: *strengthen, reinforce, fortify, energize, invigorate …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• buttress — Synonyms and related words: abutment, advocate, affirm, afford support, alpenstock, arc boutant, arm, athletic supporter, attest, authenticate, back, back up, backbone, backing, bandeau, bank, beam, bear, bear out, bear up, bearer, beef up,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• buttress — buttressless, adj. buttresslike, adj. /bu tris/, n. 1. any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, esp. a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall. 2. any prop or support …   Universalium

• buttress — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. flying buttress; support; prop, brace. See defense. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. prop (up), bolster, sustain; see support 1 , 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. support, prop, brace, reinforcement,… …   English dictionary for students

• brace — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. invigorate, stimulate; support, prop, strengthen. See refreshment. n. bracket, stay, girder; bit, stock; pair. See strength, numeration, power. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A support] Syn. prop, bolster …   English dictionary for students

• buttress —    A mass of masonry or brickwork used as a support or brace counteracting the outward (lateral) thrust of an arch or vault. A pier buttress is a solid mass of masonry. A flying buttress is one which reaches over a side aisle to support the heavy …   Glossary of Art Terms

• buttress — 1. noun 1) stone buttresses Syn: prop, support, abutment, brace, shore, pier, reinforcement, stanchion 2) a buttress against social collapse Syn: safeguard, defense, protection …   Thesaurus of popular words