buttress
21buttress — /ˈbʌtrəs / (say butruhs) noun 1. Architecture a structure built against a wall or building for the purpose of giving it stability. 2. any prop or support. 3. a thing shaped like a buttress, as a rock wall projecting from a mountainside. –verb (t) …
22buttress — n. & v. n. 1 a a projecting support of stone or brick etc. built against a wall. b a source of help or encouragement (she was a buttress to him in his trouble). 2 a projecting portion of a hill or mountain. v.tr. (often foll. by up) 1 support… …
23buttress — n. [OF. bouterez, to thrust] 1. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Culicidae pupae, a sclerotized, thickened basolateral part of the paddle; external buttress; external thickening; nervure. 2. (MOLLUSCA: Bivalvia) A radiating ridge on the interior that… …
24buttress — 1. noun /ˈbʌtɹəs,ˈbʌtrɪs/ a) A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it. , , , , . The direct route is highlighted.]] b) Anything that serves to support something; a prop. All that day they rode into broken land. The …
25buttress — verb Buttress is used with these nouns as the object: ↑argument …
26buttress — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. flying buttress; support; prop, brace. See defense. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. prop (up), bolster, sustain; see support 1 , 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. support, prop, brace, reinforcement,… …
27buttress — 1 noun (C) a brick or stone structure built to support a wall 2 verb (T) to support a system, idea, argument etc, especially by providing money: The evidence seemed to buttress their argument …
28buttress — 1. noun 1) stone buttresses Syn: prop, support, abutment, brace, shore, pier, reinforcement, stanchion 2) a buttress against social collapse Syn: safeguard, defense, protection …
29buttress — A thick rubber reinforcement in the shoulder of a tire. It provides support at the edge of the tread, limits shoulder area flexing, and protects the shoulder of off road tires. See fender strengthening buttress …
30Buttress thread — form refers to one of several screw thread profiles. Buttress thread in machineryIn machinery, buttress thread is a thread form designed to handle extremely high axial thrust in one direction. (The resistance to axial thrust in the other… …
