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buttress noun

  /ˈbʌtɹəs/ , /ˈbʌtɹɪs/
  • (by extension) Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
 steun, stut
  • (architecture) A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
 beer, steun, steunbeer, stut

buttress verb

  /ˈbʌtɹəs/ , /ˈbʌtɹɪs/
  • (figurative, by extension) To support something or someone by supplying evidence.
 onderbouwen, ondersteunen
  • To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.
 ondersteunen, stutten
flying buttress
luchtboog
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