to buttress

Examples

• All

• Amidst all the ideological confusion and opposition, which was buttressed by the press and, in particular, by the largest daily, Clarin, public support for the plan rapidly disappeared.

  Academic text (1994)

• Buttress the door, now !

  Army of Darkness (1992)

• I'll buttress the wires.

  The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)

• TEN WARRIORS wedge logs to buttress the buckling castle doors.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Hence, the gravel layer may be only fill to buttress or stabilize the terrace.

  Academic text (2002)

• Baker says the buttressed core design could be used to build structures even taller than the Burj Khalifa.

  Blog text (22)

• So in the end, the five main tribes focused on their territories and buttressed the great leading cities of Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Gath, and Ekron.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The engineers designed the new bridge to buttress the road against high winds.

• They used large stones to buttress the old wall and prevent it from collapsing.

• To buttress their argument, they presented several studies that supported their claims.

Synonyms

S

to shore

vsto buttress

• Specialized

47 7.1

To support a building or wall by placing a beam against it

is a projecting built support fixed to the wall rather than just placed

B

to bolster

vsto buttress

4 4.8

To add padding to something to make it more comfortable

is a rigid built projection that reinforces walls rather than soft padding or comfort

B

to bracket

vsto buttress

1 6.5

To fasten something to a wall with a small metal or wooden support

is larger built projection attached directly to the wall not a small piece

B

to brace up

vsto buttress

5.5

To make something strong and supported from below with extra beams

is fixed as a projecting support against the wall rather than from below

Phrasal Verbs

B

to buttress a claim

• Formal

6.7

To give more evidence or reasons to make a claim stronger

Compounds

F

flying buttress

• Specialized

1 8.6

An outer support that stands away from a wall and connects to it by an arch on churches

How Supportive

to fortify

3 5.1

to reinforce

99 3.9

to buttress

• Specialized

1 7.3

to shore up

30 5.4

to prop up

54 3.6

Surface Forms

Etymology