Words Like BUTTRESS

We have put together a list of words that are similar to BUTTRESS.

6 Alternative Words Similar to buttress

1 Buttressing Noun      Synonym Words Like Buttressing
2 Support Noun      Synonym Words Like Support
3 Fortify Verb      Synonym Words Like Fortify
4 Reenforce Verb      Synonym Words Like Reenforce
5 Reinforce Verb      Synonym Words Like Reinforce
6 Strengthen Verb      Synonym Words Like Strengthen

10 definitions of buttress

1 A structure built against a wall, for the purpose of giving it stability.
2 Figuratively, any prop or support.
3 In farriery, an instrument of steel set in wood, for paring the hoof of a horse.
4 To support by a buttress; hence, to prop or prop up, literally or figuratively.
5 A wall or abutment built along a stream to prevent the logs in a drive from cutting the bank or jamming.
6 The angle formed on the plantar surface of the hoof by the junction of the wall with the bar.
7 A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
8 Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
9 A buttress-root.
10 A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock; a crag, a bluff.
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