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buttress noun

  /ˈbʌtɹəs/ , /ˈbʌtɹɪs/
  • (architecture) A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
 contrafuerte, estribo, boterete, estantal, machón
  • (by extension) Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
 sostén, apoyo, refuerzo
  • (climbing) A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.
 contrafuerte, estribo

buttress verb

  /ˈbʌtɹəs/ , /ˈbʌtɹɪs/
  • To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.
 apuntalar
  • (figurative, by extension) To support something or someone by supplying evidence.
 afianzar, corroborar
flying buttress
arbotante
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