Definitions for buttress

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buttress but·tress

Spelling: [buh-tris]

IPA: /ˈbʌ trɪs/

Buttress is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 208 anagrams from letters in buttress (berssttu).

Definitions for buttress

noun

1. any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, especially a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall.
2. any prop or support.
3. a thing shaped like a buttress, as a tree trunk with a widening base.
4. a bony or horny protuberance, especially on a horse's hoof.

verb (used with object)

1. to support by a buttress; prop up.
2. to give encouragement or support to (a person, plan, etc.).

Origin of buttress

1350-1400; Middle English butres ≪ Old French (arc) boterez thrusting (arch) nominative singular of boteret (accusative), equivalent to boter- abutment (perhaps Germanic; see Examples for buttress

We should buttress cooperative tribes again, with names like Dulaim, Isawi, Al bu Issa, among others.

As the buttress does not bond with the wall it was evidently a later addition.

“McConnell is doing everything he can to buttress his support,” Mann said.

“That ridge along the summit of yonder spur or buttress,” said Dale.

Philip was too busy keeping behind the buttress to see who they were who were talking.

Responding with alarm, they seek to buttress the idea of Jewish ethnicity qua Jewish peoplehood.

They build on their distinctive strengths, buttress and leverage their specific assets, attributes, and advantages.

Bibi has a history of using Jewish holidays to buttress his apocalyptic worldview.

The end of the buttress was a foot or two below the level of the leads, where Clara stood.

I got astride of the buttress, and painfully forced my way up.