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Buttress

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2019 6:44 am
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Translations of buttress
NounFrequency
payanda
strut, pillar, buttress, prop, support, pier
destek
support, assistance, backing, bracket, backup, buttress
ayak
foot, leg, leg, stand, hoof, buttress
Verb
desteklemek
support, promote, encourage, assist, bolster, buttress
perçinleştirmek
buttress
desteklik etmek
buttress, buoy up
Definitions of buttress
Noun
1
a projecting support of stone or brick built against a wall.
The remnant of a long-disused church building, it was built out of solid stone with massive buttresses supporting long, high walls.
Synonyms:
prop support abutment brace shore pier reinforcement stanchion
2
a source of defense or support.
there was a demand for a new stable order as a buttress against social collapse
Synonyms:
safeguard defense protection guard support prop bulwark
Verb
1
provide (a building or structure) with projecting supports built against its walls.
a buttressed wall
2
increase the strength of or justification for; reinforce.
authority was buttressed by religious belief
Synonyms:
strengthen reinforce fortify support bolster shore up underpin cement uphold prop up defend sustain back up
Examples of Buttress
And small-world experiences that we encounter naturally buttress people's religious faith as evidence of ‘design.’
For the first time in human history the inferior man has no ready buttress for his self-regard.
The ‘truth’ becomes another buttress in the society's ideological infrastructure.
It is more economical to buttress it at certain intervals than to make the entire wall thicker.
The trunks of some of the trees were three times the girth of anything in Europe, and many had enormous walls of wood sprouting from their bases like the buttresses of gothic cathedrals.
Whether in business or politics, partnerships are supposed to buttress the strengths of those involved.
High, spidery scaffolding buttressed its walls on both sides, and though there was no one working now, Pres could see pails and rags scattered along the planking.
Remember, these thinly capitalized companies' insurance buttress truly enormous quantities of securities.
The outer walls were buttressed with typical large blocks while within, they were fashioned from small unfinished stones mortared into place, reminding one of a traditional castle or keep in Avalon or Torrencia.
The evidence about human genetic differences in cognition found in psychometric research increasingly is getting buttressed by results from biological research.
Cable and satellite operators seldom disclose subscription numbers, but what numbers are available buttress Peck's point.
I leaned against the damp stone of the buttress , tilting my head to follow the line of the sheer wall up to where the ghosts of clouds raced before the moon.
Property and financial prosperity were powerful testimonies to the strength of each of these categories and a buttress to weak claims to either.
I was expecting at least a stout defence, and probably new evidence that would help buttress his case, but he barely rated a mention in Trevor Mallard's speech, and I will tell the members why.
In spring, peregrines often nest near The Main Area or Red Slab and these buttresses should be avoided at this time.
In these short few weeks the coach must re-shape - he vehemently contests the description ‘rebuild’ - Rangers, with a new midfield, attack, and a defensive buttress or two.
Ultimately, though, this fear of sexuality buttresses Bulosan's inability to perceive the material realities of prostitution and sexual abuse.
These statements only underscore the extent to which the unions and NDP are buttresses of the existing social order.
The path goes up by the left side of the main buttress in front of you.
About five metres beyond the second, you'll see a shelf about head height on a buttress formed where a thin inlet enters.
Its position below the buttresses and ridges of Ben Nevis' convoluted north-east face really is outstanding.
Up here, suspended dizzyingly more than 100 feet above the ground, it is easy to see how the great stone buttresses that support the magnificent cathedral have been eroded by time.
The frame acquired the architectural elements of its churchlike structure: columns, cornices, arches and traceries, buttresses , ornate roundels like rose windows.
Wenger noted that sustained workplace relationships and interaction buttress communities of practice.
Although these thrusts can be resolved by tensile reinforcing in the perimeter beams it is simplest, and most natural, and stable to use the building itself to buttress the horizontal thrusts.
You will notice the buttresses , the porch, the crenellations on the walls, and the four light mullioned windows.
The handsome and much-photographed chimneys doubled as buttresses for added roof support.
Soon the views of the great buttresses and ridges and gullies of the north-east face begin to open up.
This is no ordinary brick arch and buttress structure.
Preparing for all these people, and buttressing runways for a plane that can weigh 544 tonnes on takeoff, is not cheap.
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Synonyms of buttress
Noun
prop support abutment brace shore pier reinforcement stanchion
safeguard defense protection guard support prop bulwark
Verb
strengthen reinforce fortify support bolster shore up underpin cement uphold prop up defend sustain back up