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flying buttress

flying buttress noun: a buttress that stands apart from the structure that it supports, and is connected to it by an arch (flyer).

Noun

flying buttress (plural flying buttresses)

  1. A buttress that stands apart from the structure that it supports, and is connected to it by an arch (flyer).
    Synonyms:
    arc-boutant

flying buttress meaning in Tamil

flying buttress in Tamil

இடைமுட்டு, உதை கால் வளைவு

Synonyms of flying buttress

Forms of flying buttress

pluralflying buttresses

Questions about flying buttress

What does flying buttress mean?
Flying buttress means a buttress that stands apart from the structure that it supports, and is connected to it by an arch (flyer).
What is flying buttress in Tamil?
Flying buttress in Tamil is இடைமுட்டு, உதை கால் வளைவு. See Flying buttress meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is flying buttress?
Flying buttress is a noun.
What is the plural of flying buttress?
The plural of flying buttress is flying buttresses.

Words near flying buttress in the dictionary

  1. flying brick
  2. flying bricks
  3. flying bridge
  4. flying bridges
  5. flying buttocks
  6. flying buttress
  7. flying buttresses
  8. flying by
  9. flying by the seat of one's pants
  10. flying camp
  11. flying camps

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flying buttress (page history and authors); flying buttress (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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