Buttresses

noun verb

A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it.

What it means

  1. (noun) A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
  2. (noun) Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
  3. (noun) A buttress-root.
  4. (noun) A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock; a crag, a bluff.
  5. (noun) Anything that supports or strengthens.
  6. (verb) To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.
  7. (verb) (by extension) To support something or someone by supplying evidence; to corroborate or substantiate.

Letter analysis

  • Buttresses contains 10 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 7 consonant(s).
  • It uses 6 unique letters.
  • Estimated syllable count: 3.
  • Scrabble-style letter score: 12.

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What does Buttresses mean?

A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it.

How many letters are in Buttresses?

Buttresses has 10 letters.

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