noun Download 🔗Share A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it. Examples : "The old church wall needed a buttress to keep it from collapsing. " architecture building structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share A buttress-root. Examples : "The oak tree's buttress-roots helped it stay firmly anchored in the rocky soil. " architecture plant building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share Anything that supports or strengthens. Examples : "The extra support beams were a buttress to the weakened classroom wall. " structure building architecture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share (by extension) To support something or someone by supplying evidence; to corroborate or substantiate. Examples : "The student used research from several books to buttress her argument in the essay. " statement law communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading