Meaning
- (verb) To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.
- (verb) (by extension) To support something or someone by supplying evidence; to corroborate or substantiate.
Letter breakdown
- Buttressing contains 11 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 8 consonant(s).
- It uses 9 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 14.
Connected words
Other 11-letter words
- abandonment
- abbreviated
- abbreviates
- abdications
- aberrations
- abjurations
- abnormality
- abominating
- abomination
- aboriginals
- abortionist
- abracadabra
- abridgement
- abridgments
- abrogations
- absenteeism
- abstentions
- abstracting
Words starting with BUT
- but
- butane
- butch
- butcher
- butchered
- butcheries
- butchering
- butchers
- butchery
- butches
- butler
- butlers
- buts
- butt
- butte
- butted
- butter
- buttercup
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Words ending with ING
Words from these letters
- buttering
- rebutting
- bitterns
- bursting
- buttress
- entrusts
- gustiest
- gutsiest
- intrusts
- rustiest
- settings
- stingers
- tribunes
- tributes
- trussing
- trusties
- trusting
- turbines
- uttering
- besting
- bestirs
- betting
- bigness
- bittern
- bitters
- bruises
- brunets
- busiest
- bussing
- busters
- busting
- butters
- butting
- entrust
- gustier
- gutsier
- gutters
- ingests
- ingress
- inserts
- insures
- intrust
- nuttier
- resigns
- resting
- reusing
- rubiest
- rusting
- rutting
- setting
- signers
- signets
- singers
- sitters
- stinger
- strings
- sunrise
- testing
- tigress
Reader questions
What does Buttressing mean?
To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.
How many letters are in Buttressing?
Buttressing has 11 letters.
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