buttress

buttress is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry.
2. noun. Anything which supports or strengthens.
3. transitive verb. To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly.
4. noun. a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building

   Synonyms: buttressing

5. verb. make stronger or defensible

   "buttress your thesis"

6. verb. reinforce with a buttress

   "Buttress the church"

Synonyms

buttressing

Common word forms

buttressed, buttresses, buttressing, buttressless

Words from these letters

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