buttress - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'buttress' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Buttress

[ n.]

- A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry.
- Anything which supports or strengthens.

2 . Buttress

[ v. t.]

- To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly.

1 . buttress

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- reinforce with a buttress

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Meaning (2):
- make stronger or defensible

Example in sentence:

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