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buttressing::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | buttress |
| Type of | support |
| Has types | arc-boutant, flying buttress |
Examples of buttressing
buttressing
Buttressing post-Saddam Iraq cost a great deal, possibly more than was warranted.
From the newsweek.com
Aware of the trend, the racing industry is buttressing itself against the fall.
From the time.com
A less common feature is buttressing, especially on churches and larger houses.
From the en.wikipedia.org
At 28, he is in his prime and capable of buttressing an interior 4-3 rotation.
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In other words, we like facts buttressing those opinions as much as possible.
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Protective buttressing of the human fist and the evolution of hominin hands.
From the sciencedaily.com
The buttressing semi-domes are set in the four corners of the square under the dome.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Further buttressing the Russian infantry were independent armored brigades.
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Beijing has been responding to the crises by buttressing its legitimacy.
From the globalspin.blogs.time.com
- A support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
- Reinforce with a buttress; "Buttress the church"
- Make stronger or defensible; "buttress your thesis"
- A buttress is an architectural structure built against (a counterfort) or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall. ...
- A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it; Anything that serves to support something; a prop; A buttress-root; A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock; a crag, a bluff; To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress; To ...
- (Buttresses) Architectural structures, usually made of stone or brick, built against walls to add strength or support.
- (Buttresses) Flanges or bracket-like structures at the base of some rain forest trees. They are usually flattened extensions of the main lateral roots but in some cases, e.g. Ficus spp. and Syzygium gustavioides, they can be enlarged adventitious roots which have grown from the stem to the ground.
- (Buttresses) Part of the root comes with the log when the felling cut is positioned very low on the stump and which may cause difficulties in further processing.
- The raised portion of a shower curb that is on more than one level.
