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buttress verb

  /ˈbʌtɹəs/ , /ˈbʌtɹɪs/
  • To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.
 stützen, verstärken
  • (figurative, by extension) To support something or someone by supplying evidence.
 stützen, untermauern

buttress noun

  /ˈbʌtɹəs/ , /ˈbʌtɹɪs/
  • (architecture) A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
 Stützpfeiler, Gewölbepfeiler, Gegenlager, Pfeiler, Strebepfeiler, Strebewerk
  • (by extension) Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
 Strebe, Stütze, Abstützung, Aussteifung, Stempel
  • (climbing) A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.
 Felsenspitze, Felsspitze, Felsvorsprung, Klippe, Vorbau, Vorsprung
flying buttress
Strebebogen
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