buttress

buttress has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry.
• n.. Anything which supports or strengthens.
• v. t.. To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly.
• n.. a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
• v.. make stronger or defensible; "buttress your thesis"
• v.. reinforce with a buttress; "Buttress the church"