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buttresses

buttresses is the plural of buttress.

buttresses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of buttress.

Meaning of buttress

Noun

buttress (plural buttresses)

  1. A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
    • It was decided, therefore, to build eight concrete buttresses from the new strengthening work to safeguard the general stability of the wall along the length where the greatest movement had taken place.1954 June, “Strengthening of River Calder Retaining Wall, N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 429
    Synonyms:
    counterfort, brace
  2. (broadly) Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
  3. A buttress root.
  4. A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.
    • Crowell Buttresses, Dismal Buttress
    Synonyms:
    crag, bluff
  5. (figuratively) Anything that supports or strengthens.
    • the grand pillar and buttress of the good old cause of nonconformity1692 October 30, Robert South, A Further Account of the Nature and Measures of Conscience

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Questions about buttresses

What is buttresses the plural of?
Buttresses is the plural of buttress.

Words near buttresses in the dictionary

  1. buttress root
  2. buttress roots
  3. buttress-root
  4. buttress-roots
  5. buttressed
  6. buttresses
  7. buttressing
  8. buttressless
  9. buttresslike
  10. Buttrey
  11. Buttreys

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