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buttress
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural buttresses
plural buttresses
Learner's definition of BUTTRESS
[count]
: a structure built against a wall in order to support or strengthen it扶壁；撑墙 — see also flying buttress
2 buttress /ˈbʌtrəs/ verb
buttresses; buttressed; buttressing
2 buttress
/ˈbʌtrəs/
verb
buttresses; buttressed; buttressing
Learner's definition of BUTTRESS
[+ object]
: to support, strengthen, or defend (something)支持；加强；保卫
- The treaty will buttress the cause of peace.这个条约将会捍卫和平事业。
- The theory has been buttressed by the results of the experiment.这个理论得到了实验结果的支持。
1
architecture : a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building
2
: something that resembles a buttress: such as
a
: a projecting part of a mountain or hill
b
biology : a horny protuberance on a horse's hoof at the heel see hoof illustration
c
botany : the broadened base of a tree trunk or a thickened vertical part of it
buttressed; buttressing; buttresses
architecture : to give support or stability to (a wall or building) with a projecting structure of masonry or wood : to furnish or shore up with a buttress (see buttress entry 1 sense 1)
Did you know?
In architecture, a buttress is an exterior support that projects from a wall to resist the sideways force, called thrust, created by the load on an arch or roof. The word buttress was first adopted into English as butres in the 14th century. It came to us from the Anglo-French (arche) boteraz, meaning "thrusting (arch)," and ultimately derives from the verb buter, "to thrust." Buter is also the source of our verb butt, meaning "to thrust, push, or strike with the head or horns." Buttress developed figurative use relatively soon after its adoption, being applied to anything that supports or strengthens something else.
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Noun the mother had always been the buttress of our family in trying times after the wall collapsed, the construction company agreed to rebuild it with a buttress Verb The treaty will buttress the cause of peace. The theory has been buttressed by the results of the experiment.
Recent Examples on the Web
Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022 Tulaczyk suspects the tongue of the Marmolada glacier in Italy had likely retreated, leaving the rest of the glacier on a steeper section without a buttress to hold it in place. Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 July 2022 Don Ware, who lives up the hill in Niguel Summit and worked for decades as a petroleum geologist, is skeptical that building below the buttress is safe. Hannah Frystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2022 He was attracted to the backyard view of the buttress, which looks more like a lush hillside than a strategy to keep landslides at bay. Hannah Frystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2022 It was advertised as a stately financial district and as a buttress to stop the rapid erosion of Victoria Island’s shoreline. Maggie Andresen, Scientific American, 17 Dec. 2021 Scientists have discovered a series of worrying weaknesses in the ice shelf holding back one of Antarctica’s most dangerous glaciers, suggesting that this important buttress against sea level rise could shatter within the next three to five years. Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Dec. 2021 This promotion has been broadly criticized as a fever dream conceived in the memetic bowels of the internet and as a convenient buttress for bad arguments against vaccination. James Heathers, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2021 Yet the detrimental impact of canceling football, which is the economic buttress of many athletic departments, would have rippled across college sports. Jason Wingard, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021 J. Eugene Clay, The Conversation, 28 July 2022 Spanning nearly 150 years of history, The Arc of a Covenant elucidates the deep cultural, historical, and strategic forces that buttress the United States-Israel relationship. Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 9 Aug. 2022 Businesses that harness the power of social media will impact their reputation and buttress them against economic storms. Henri Isenberg, Forbes, 6 June 2022 When creating your employee benefits package, make sure to include items that buttress your existing leave programs. Cara Mccarty, Forbes, 29 June 2022 Scholz may have initiated a sea-change in German defense policy but has so far resisted calls for wholesale bans on imports of Russian natural gas and oil, which fill the Kremlin’s coffers yet also buttress much of the German economy. Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2022 The law’s definition of national defense explicitly cites energy production as an industry that the government is allowed to buttress. Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 8 June 2022 The win was secured in the bottom of the eighth inning on the strength of two Red Sox pillars who have tried to buttress their crumbling offense all season. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2022 And the Puerto Rican woman on the jury kept coming back to the failure of the police to provide additional evidence to buttress Clanton. Alec Macgillis, ProPublica, 4 June 2022 See More
Noun
By the end of World War I, most governments had come around to the idea that passports were an essential buttress of national security. Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022 Tulaczyk suspects the tongue of the Marmolada glacier in Italy had likely retreated, leaving the rest of the glacier on a steeper section without a buttress to hold it in place. Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 July 2022 Don Ware, who lives up the hill in Niguel Summit and worked for decades as a petroleum geologist, is skeptical that building below the buttress is safe. Hannah Frystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2022 He was attracted to the backyard view of the buttress, which looks more like a lush hillside than a strategy to keep landslides at bay. Hannah Frystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2022 It was advertised as a stately financial district and as a buttress to stop the rapid erosion of Victoria Island’s shoreline. Maggie Andresen, Scientific American, 17 Dec. 2021 Scientists have discovered a series of worrying weaknesses in the ice shelf holding back one of Antarctica’s most dangerous glaciers, suggesting that this important buttress against sea level rise could shatter within the next three to five years. Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Dec. 2021 This promotion has been broadly criticized as a fever dream conceived in the memetic bowels of the internet and as a convenient buttress for bad arguments against vaccination. James Heathers, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2021 Yet the detrimental impact of canceling football, which is the economic buttress of many athletic departments, would have rippled across college sports. Jason Wingard, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021 Verb
Yaroslav, who had fought a civil war to succeed his father, deliberately imitated the Byzantine capital to buttress his legitimacy. J. Eugene Clay, The Conversation, 28 July 2022 Spanning nearly 150 years of history, The Arc of a Covenant elucidates the deep cultural, historical, and strategic forces that buttress the United States-Israel relationship. Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 9 Aug. 2022 Businesses that harness the power of social media will impact their reputation and buttress them against economic storms. Henri Isenberg, Forbes, 6 June 2022 When creating your employee benefits package, make sure to include items that buttress your existing leave programs. Cara Mccarty, Forbes, 29 June 2022 Scholz may have initiated a sea-change in German defense policy but has so far resisted calls for wholesale bans on imports of Russian natural gas and oil, which fill the Kremlin’s coffers yet also buttress much of the German economy. Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2022 The law’s definition of national defense explicitly cites energy production as an industry that the government is allowed to buttress. Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 8 June 2022 The win was secured in the bottom of the eighth inning on the strength of two Red Sox pillars who have tried to buttress their crumbling offense all season. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2022 And the Puerto Rican woman on the jury kept coming back to the failure of the police to provide additional evidence to buttress Clanton. Alec Macgillis, ProPublica, 4 June 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun and Verb
Middle English butres, from Anglo-French (arche) boteraz thrusting (arch), ultimately from buter to thrust — more at butt entry 3
First Known Use
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of buttress was in the 14th century Phrases Containing buttress
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