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butments

butments is the plural of butment.

Meaning of butment

Noun

butment (plural butments)

  1. A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier.
  2. The mass of stone or solid work at the end of a bridge, by which the extreme arches are sustained, or by which the end of a bridge without arches is supported.

Questions about butments

What is butments the plural of?
Butments is the plural of butment.

Words near butments in the dictionary

  1. Butlinesque
  2. butling
  3. butment
  4. butment cheek
  5. butment cheeks
  6. butments
  7. Butnan
  8. Butner
  9. Butners
  10. Buto
  11. butobarbital

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