buttressing

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Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A supporting structure: "buttressing" refers to a built structure, typically made of stone or brick, that provides reinforcement and stability to a wall or building.
    • The action or system of support: It can also refer to the architectural concept or act of providing such support.
Usage and Examples
  • Noun:
    • The Gothic cathedral's flying buttressing is both functional and beautiful. (The external arched supports of the Gothic cathedral are both functional and beautiful.)
    • The ancient wall required extensive buttressing to prevent its collapse. (The ancient wall needed extensive supporting structures to prevent its collapse.)
Advanced Usage
  • "To serve as buttressing": to function as a support or reinforcement.
    • The new legislation serves as buttressing for environmental protections. (The new legislation functions as a reinforcement for environmental protections.)
Variants and Related Words

  • Buttress (noun/verb): The more common form. As a noun, it means a projecting support. As a verb, it means to support or strengthen.

    • They built a stone buttress against the leaning tower.
    • He buttressed his argument with solid data.

  • Buttressed (adjective): Describes something that is supported or reinforced.

    • The buttressed walls have stood for centuries.
Synonyms
  • Support: A thing that bears the weight of something.
  • Reinforcement: The action of strengthening.
  • Prop: A pole or beam used as a temporary support.
  • Brace: A device that clamps things together or supports them.
Antonyms
  • Undermining: The action of weakening or wearing away the base.
  • Weakening: The process of making something less strong.
Noun
  1. a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building

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