verb Download 🔗Share To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress. Examples : "The old oak tree was buttressed by thick wooden beams to prevent it from falling over in strong winds. " architecture structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (by extension) To support something or someone by supplying evidence; to corroborate or substantiate. Examples : "Her argument for staying out late was buttressed by the fact that her older brother was allowed to do the same. " communication language statement writing law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Having buttresses or supports. Examples : "Only the buttressed outer walls still stood ." architecture building structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading