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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -buttres-, *buttres*, buttre
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WordNet (3.0)
buttress(n) a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building, Syn. buttressing
buttress(v) reinforce with a buttress, Example: Buttress the church
buttress(v) make stronger or defensible, Example: buttress your thesis

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Buttress

n. [ OE. butrasse, boterace, fr. F. bouter to push; cf. OF. bouteret (nom. sing. and acc. pl. bouterez) buttress. See Butt an end, and cf. Butteris. ] 1. (Arch.) A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When an external projection is used merely to stiffen a wall, it is a pier. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything which supports or strengthens. “The ground pillar and buttress of the good old cause of nonconformity.” South. [ 1913 Webster ]


Flying buttress. See Flying buttress.
[ 1913 Webster ]

Buttress

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Buttressed (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Buttressing. ] To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly. [ 1913 Webster ]

To set it upright again, and to prop and buttress it up for duration. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

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