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单词 buttress
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buttress

I am not a pillar of the Church of England, merely a minor buttress.As we came onto an elevated section of road I noticed a group of men with notebooks sitting on a concrete buttress.

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buttress

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buttress

British English: buttress NOUN
Buttresses are supports, usually made of stone or brick, that support a wall.
...the neo-Gothic buttresses of the church.
  • American English: buttress
  • Brazilian Portuguese: contraforte
  • Chinese: 扶璧
  • European Spanish: contrafuerte
  • French: contrefort
  • German: Strebepfeiler
  • Italian: contrafforte
  • Japanese: 控え壁
  • Korean: 부벽
  • European Portuguese: contraforte
  • Latin American Spanish: contrafuerte

(noun) 
Definition
any support or prop
a buttress of rock
Synonyms
support
Rats had been gnawing at the supports of the house.
shore
prop
The timber is reinforced with three steel props on a concrete foundation.
brace
She wears a neck brace.
pier
the cross-beams bracing the piers of the jetty
reinforcement
There are reinforcements on all doors.
strut
mainstay
Fish and rice were the mainstays of their diet.
stanchion
stay
abutment
It looked as though he would crash into the concrete abutment.
(verb) 
Definition
to support or sustain
His tough line is buttressed by a democratic mandate.
Synonyms
support
the thick wooden posts that supported the ceiling
sustain
The magnets have lost the capacity to sustain the weight.
strengthen
The builders will have to strengthen the existing joists with additional timber.
shore
prop
Plaster ceilings are propped with scaffolding.
reinforce
They had to reinforce the walls with exterior beams.
back up
brace
The lights showed the old timbers, used to brace the roof.
uphold
upholding the artist's right to creative freedom
bolster
a number of measures intended to bolster morale
prop up
shore up
They may find it hard to shore up their defences.
augment
She was searching for a way to augment her income.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of abutment
Definition
a construction that supports the end of a bridge
It looked as though he would crash into the concrete abutment.
Synonyms
support,
prop,
brace,
pier,
strut,
buttress,
bulwark
in the sense of augment
Definition
to make or become greater in number or strength
She was searching for a way to augment her income.
Synonyms
increase,
grow,
raise,
extend,
boost,
expand,
add to,
build up,
strengthen,
enhance,
reinforce,
swell,
intensify,
heighten,
enlarge,
multiply,
inflate,
magnify,
amplify,
dilate
in the sense of bolster
Definition
to support or strengthen
a number of measures intended to bolster morale
Synonyms
support,
help,
aid,
maintain,
boost,
strengthen,
assist,
prop,
reinforce,
hold up,
cushion,
brace,
shore up,
augment,
buttress,
buoy up,
give a leg up to (informal)

Nearby words of
buttress

  • buttocks
  • button
  • buttonhole
  • buttress
  • buxom
  • buy
  • buy someone off

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