What does buttress mean?
Definitions for buttress
ˈbʌ trɪsbut·tress
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Princeton's WordNet
buttress, buttressingverb
a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
buttressverb
reinforce with a buttress
"Buttress the church"
buttressverb
make stronger or defensible
"buttress your thesis"
Wiktionary
buttressnoun
A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
buttressnoun
Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
buttressnoun
A buttress-root.
buttressnoun
A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock; a crag, a bluff.
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buttressverb
To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.
buttressverb
To support something or someone by supplying evidence; to corroborate or substantiate.
Etymology: From bouterez, bouteret, from *, from bautanan (> English beat).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
BUTTRESSnoun
Etymology: from aboutir, Fr.
No jutting frize,
Buttress, nor coigne of vantage, but this bird,
Hath made his pendant bed, and procreant cradle. William Shakespeare.Fruit trees, set upon a wall against the sun, between elbows or buttresses of stone, ripen more than upon a plain wall. Francis Bacon.
But we inhabit a weak city here,
Which buttresses and props but scarcely bear. John Dryden, Juv.It will concern us to examine the force of this plea, which our adversaries are still setting up against us, as the ground pillar and buttress of the good old cause of nonconformity. South.
To Buttressverb
To prop; to support.
Etymology: from the noun.
Wikipedia
Buttress
A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall. Buttresses are fairly common on more ancient buildings, as a means of providing support to act against the lateral (sideways) forces arising out of inadequately braced roof structures. The term counterfort can be synonymous with buttress and is often used when referring to dams, retaining walls and other structures holding back earth. Early examples of buttresses are found on the Eanna Temple (ancient Uruk), dating to as early as the 4th millennium BC.
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buttress
A buttress is a structure built against or projecting from a wall, which serves to support or reinforce the wall. It is often used in architectural and construction contexts, particularly in relation to large or complex buildings like churches or castles. In a broader sense, it can also refer to anything that serves as a source of protection or support.
Webster Dictionary
Buttressnoun
a projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry
Buttressnoun
anything which supports or strengthens
Buttressverb
to support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly
Wikidata
Buttress
A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall. Buttresses are fairly common on more ancient buildings, as a means of providing support to act against the lateral forces arising out of the roof structures that lack adequate bracing. The term counterfort can be synonymous with buttress, and is often used when referring to dams, retaining walls and other structures holding back earth.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Buttress
but′res, n. a projecting support built on to the outside of a wall: any support or prop.—v.t. to prop or support, as by a buttress. [Acc. to Dr Murray, perh. from O. Fr. bouterez, apparently from bouter, to push, bear against.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
buttress
In fortification. (See COUNTERFORTS.)
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
buttress
A sustaining wall at right angles to the main wall, which it is intended to strengthen.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
BUTTRESS
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Buttress is ranked #110286 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Buttress surname appeared 160 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Buttress.
91.2% or 146 total occurrences were White.
7.5% or 12 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of buttress in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of buttress in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of buttress in a Sentence
Find a name-brand person with integrity to buttress what the company is doing.
Regenerative medicine is not trying to create the bionic man but to harness the healing powers of the human body and buttress them.
The US has boxed itself into a corner on Huawei, with all the rhetoric coming fast and furious, but nothing to... buttress it, like evidence [ or ] an executive order.
One important aspect of this study was that having a sense of control and support from friends helped mitigate the impact of long-term caring for a child with a disability, overall, their findings buttress the need for family support services and supports for families of individuals with disabilities.
The boulder that is decline is much bigger in size and rolling much faster than before, we've got very few rigs to buttress the rate of decline.
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- دعمArabic
- поддържам, опора, подпирам, рид, контрафорсBulgarian
- contrafortCatalan, Valencian
- opěrný pilíř, oporaCzech
- Stütze, Stützpfeiler, Strebepfeiler, stützen, verstärken, unterstützenGerman
- boterete, corroborar, afianzar, apuntalar, contrafuerteSpanish
- tuki, tukea, tukipilariFinnish
- contrefort, corroboration, arc-bouter, corroborer, appui, arc-boutantFrench
- նեցուկ, հենարանArmenian
- contrafforte, corroborazione, rafforzare, sostenere, corroborare, sperone, supporto, contrafforti, appoggiareItalian
- לְחַזֵקHebrew
- hirinaki, whirinakiMāori
- stutten, steun, stut, beer, onderbouwen, steunbeer, ondersteunenDutch
- understøtte, støtteNorwegian
- przypora, podpierać, podporaPolish
- контрфорс, опора, подпоркаRussian
- potporanj, podupirač, poduprijeti, podboltatiSerbo-Croatian
- stöttaSwedish
- desteklemekTurkish
- بٹنUrdu
- 垛Chinese
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