Portuguese Meaning of buttress

contraforte

Other Portuguese words related to contraforte

Definitions and Meaning of buttress in English

Wordnet

buttress (n)

a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building

Wordnet

buttress (v)

reinforce with a buttress

make stronger or defensible

Webster

buttress (n.)

A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry.

Anything which supports or strengthens.

Webster

buttress (v. t.)

To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly.

FAQs About the word buttress

contraforte

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