buttress

Etymology
From, from , oblique plural of (rare in the singular), from , from. Ultimately cognate with.

Noun

 * 1)  A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
 * 2)  Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
 * 3)  A buttress-root.
 * 4)  A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.
 * Crowell Buttresses, Dismal Buttress
 * 1)  Anything that supports or strengthens.
 * 1)  A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.
 * Crowell Buttresses, Dismal Buttress
 * 1)  Anything that supports or strengthens.
 * 1)  Anything that supports or strengthens.
 * 1)  Anything that supports or strengthens.
 * 1)  Anything that supports or strengthens.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: opěrný pilíř
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German:, Strebepfeiler, Gewölbepfeiler, , Gegenlager, Strebewerk
 * Greek:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Latin: erisma
 * Macedonian: потпорка, контрафор
 * Norwegian:
 * Ottoman Turkish: پاینده
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: oporný pilier
 * Spanish: boterete,, , ,
 * Swedish: ,


 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:, , Aussteifung, ,
 * Italian:, corroborazione,
 * Macedonian: потпора
 * Maori: hirinaki, whirinaki, kaumahaki
 * Norwegian:
 * Ottoman Turkish: پاینده
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, , , ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * German:, , , Felsspitze, Felsenspitze,
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: ,

Verb

 * 1) To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.
 * 2)  To support something or someone by supplying evidence.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Macedonian: потпира
 * Norwegian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:, podboltati
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Macedonian: поддржува
 * Norwegian: understøtte
 * Spanish: ,