Buttress - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈbʌtrəs|
Brit.
|ˈbʌtrɪs|
noun
- a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
verb
- reinforce with a buttress
- make stronger or defensible
- make stronger or defensible
buttress your thesis
Extra examples
...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...
The treaty will buttress the cause of peace.
The theory has been buttressed by the results of the experiment.
The evidence seemed to buttress their argument.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: buttress
he/she/it: buttresses
present participle: buttressing
past tense: buttressed
past participle: buttressed
I/you/we/they: buttress
he/she/it: buttresses
present participle: buttressing
past tense: buttressed
past participle: buttressed
noun
singular: buttress
plural: buttresses
singular: buttress
plural: buttresses
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