Buttress

What do we mean by buttress?

A structure, usually brick or stone, built against a wall for support or reinforcement. noun

Something resembling a buttress, as. noun

The flared base of certain tree trunks. noun

A horny growth on the heel of a horse's hoof. noun

Something that serves to support, prop, or reinforce. noun

To support or reinforce with a buttress. transitive verb

To sustain, prop, or bolster. transitive verb

To support by a buttress; hence, to prop or prop up, literally or figuratively.

A wall or abutment built along a stream to prevent the logs in a drive from cutting the bank or jamming. noun

The angle formed on the plantar surface of the hoof by the junction of the wall with the bar. noun

A structure built against a wall, for the purpose of giving it stability. noun

Figuratively, any prop or support. noun

In farriery, an instrument of steel set in wood, for paring the hoof of a horse. noun

A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry. noun

Anything which supports or strengthens. noun

See Flying buttress. noun

To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly. transitive verb

A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it. noun

Anything that serves to support something; a prop. noun

A buttress-root. noun

A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it.

Anything that serves to support something; a prop.

A buttress-root.

A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock; a crag, a bluff.

Anything that supports or strengthens.

Words that are spelled similarly to buttress:
buttress, mattress, huntress, eustress, buttresses, suitress, butters, butties, buttes, littress, tutoress, tutress, butterless, buttrey, burress, buttles.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word buttress:
nunatak, alsop, crag, lancet, denali, spillway, rid, moulded, aisle, parapet, glacier, doorway, plinth, cornice, chancel, dams, ascent, extremity, antarctica, plateau, transept, gully, foothills, projecting, nave, surmounted, thread, gabled, climbing, pinnacle, dam, rising, niches, porch, mapping, niche, slab, moran, arched, openings, roots, arch, bluff, climbed, window, octagonal, arches, zion, conspicuous, masonry, overlooking, spire, mont, wall, spur, piers, bark, graham, gable, pillar, rises, thickness, nautical, stained, jaw, turret, peak, pillars, boulder, walls, detroit, fuller, ridge, climb, southeast, crest, projection, pier, corner, dome, upstream, mount, southwest, extending, antarctic, cliffs, tower, windows, internally, statue, rounded, col, sandstone, summit, rectangular, vault, bulgaria, gothic, corners, northeast.

Words that rhyme with buttress:
citrous.

Adjectives that are often used to describe buttress:
great, zygomatic, large, zygomaticomaxillary, main, central, massive, strong, huge, small, south, lateral, medial, east, solid, steep, external, posterior, rocky, important, eastern, diagonal, further, flat, prominent, west, anterior, bony, western, single, lower, powerful, northern, southern, chief, broad, heavy, big, concrete, gothic, vertical, outer, upper, ideological, rounded, flying, shallow, additional, north, middle, sciatic, internal, strongest, narrow, principal, double, wide, enormous, necessary, firm, foot, continuous, horizontal, shaped, mighty, essential, gigantic, broken, friendly, nasomaxillary, malar, arched, triangular, thick, rectangular, vagrant, intermediate, curved.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective buttress:
shafts, piers, roots, system, turrets, type, tree, crystals, plate, work, wall, dams, walls, pier, dam, root, towers, slope, columns, nook, pits, design, scaffolding, herniorrhaphy, trees, slopes, theory, arches.

Consonant match to buttress:
beatrice, boat race, boutros, boat-race, butros.

Words that sound like buttress:
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