noun
- a structure built against a wall to support or strengthen it
- something that supports or strengthens
Usage: architecture
verb
- to support or strengthen with or as if with a buttress
Examples
- The cathedral’s flying buttresses helped support the high walls.
- Stone buttresses were added to prevent the old building from collapsing.
- Education serves as a buttress against poverty.
- The senator used statistics to buttress her argument.
- They buttressed the weak foundation with steel beams.
- Strong family values buttress a healthy society.
- The lawyer tried to buttress his case with expert testimony.