buttress
From WikiWord, the free dictionary
/ˈbʌtɹəs/
English
Definitions
noun
- A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
- Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
- A buttress-root.
- A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock; a crag, a bluff.
verb
- To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.
- (by extension) To support something or someone by supplying evidence; to corroborate or substantiate.
Related words
Synonyms
bracecounterfortpillarentrenchunderpinbolsterbackstopbuildenhanceupholdconsolidatestrengthenreinforcereinforcingsupportedsolidifysupportsupporting