noun Download 🔗Share A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it. Examples : "The old stone church needed buttresses to prevent its walls from collapsing. " architecture building structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Anything that serves to support something; a prop. Examples : "The heavy books served as buttresses, preventing the leaning tower of papers from collapsing on my desk. " architecture structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A buttress-root. Examples : "The ancient fig tree had enormous buttresses spreading out from its trunk, anchoring it firmly to the earth. " plant part nature biology organism architecture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock; a crag, a bluff. Examples : "The hiking trail wound around the base of the mountain, carefully avoiding the steep buttresses that jutted out like massive stone teeth. " geology geography nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Anything that supports or strengthens. Examples : "Example Sentence: "Regular exercise and a healthy diet are important buttresses for a strong immune system." " architecture building structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress. Examples : "The community garden buttresses the old fence with wooden posts to keep it from falling over. " building 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 : "The witness's testimony buttresses the victim's account of the event. " communication language statement Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
