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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.

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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

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释义	buttress 1 of 2 noun but·tress ˈbə-trəs 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 3 : something that supports or strengthens a buttress of the cause of peace buttressed ˈbə-trəst adjective Illustration of buttress buttress 1 buttress 2 of 2 verb buttressed; buttressing; buttresses transitive verb 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) also : support, strengthen arguments buttressed by solid facts 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 Noun anchor dependence dependance mainstay pillar reliance standby Verb bear bolster brace carry prop (up) shore (up) stay support sustain undergird underpin uphold See all Synonyms & Antonyms 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 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 Phrases Containing buttress flying buttress flying buttress Kids Definition buttress 1 of 2 noun but·tress ˈbə-trəs 1 : a structure built against a wall or building to give support and strength 2 : something that supports, props, or strengthens buttress 2 of 2 verb buttressed; buttressing : to support or strengthen : to support with or as if with a buttress buttresses 1 of 2 noun plural of buttress 1 as in anchors something or someone to which one looks for support the mother had always been the buttress of our family in trying times Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance anchors pillars backbones crutches spines dependances mainstays reliances sinews standbys dependences props refuges right hands anchorages harbors stays handmaidens bolsterers handmaids 2 as in pillars a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else after the wall collapsed, the construction company agreed to rebuild it with a buttress Synonyms & Similar Words pillars supports shores braces spurs mounts reinforcements arches columns foundations mountings props underpinnings pilasters trusses brackets bolsters stays crutches stands cantilevers pedestals girders struts pegs shorings stilts stakes bearings stanchions frames bases posts buttresses 2 of 2 verb present tense third-person singular of buttress 1 as in supports to hold up or serve as a foundation for a brace buttressed the wall Synonyms & Similar Words supports bolsters sustains carries upholds braces trusses undergirds stays underpins bears underlies steadies shores (up) props (up) 2 as in reinforces to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea) a mass of circumstantial evidence buttresses the prosecutor's case Synonyms & Similar Words reinforces bolsters supports proves backs corroborates confirms reenforces substantiates establishes verifies affirms validates shores (up) avouches Antonyms & Near Antonyms undermines undercuts weakens
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