buttress

== English == === Alternative forms === buttrice === Etymology === From Old French ars bouterez (noun, literally “supporting arcs”), from bouterez (adjective), oblique plural of bouteret (rare in the singular), from Frankish *bôtan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to push”). Ultimately cognate with beat. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbʌtɹəs/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈbʌtɹɪs/ === Noun === buttress (plural buttresses) (architecture) A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it. Synonyms: counterfort, brace Hyponym: flying buttress Coordinate term: pilaster (by extension) Anything that serves to support something; a prop. (botany) A buttress-root. (climbing) A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock. Synonyms: crag, bluff Crowell Buttresses, Dismal Buttress (figurative) Anything that supports or strengthens. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === buttress (third-person singular simple present buttresses, present participle buttressing, simple past and past participle buttressed) To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress. (figurative, by extension) To support something or someone by supplying evidence. Synonyms: corroborate, substantiate ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === buttress on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === betrusts