n. 1 a projecting structure that supports a wall or building; 2 Anything that supports or protects; v. to support or strengthen.
The wall needs a stone buttress or it may collapse.
The wall needs a stone buttress or it may collapse.
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He tripped over a buttress root.
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What are buttress roots?
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brace; support; brace
let down; weaken
2 syllables
but-tress
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