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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building;
[syn: buttress, buttressing]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Buttress \But"tress\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buttressed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Buttressing.] To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly. [1913 Webster] To set it upright again, and to prop and buttress it up for duration. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

buttressing n 1: a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building [syn: buttress, buttressing]