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The answer BUTTRESSES has 5 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of buttresses in various dictionaries:
noun - a support usually of stone or brick
verb - reinforce with a buttress
verb - make stronger or defensible
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| These gothic architectural supports can be "clasping" or "flying" |
| Since Lance's castle dates from before the Gothic period, it lacks the "flying" type of these supports |
| The high walls of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris are supported by these "flying" supports |
| A solid structure built against a wall to support it; some are "flying" |
| (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Barro Colorado Reserve in Panama.) In damp tropical soils huge spreading root systems help trees resist toppling; such roots are called these, like exterior projecting supports of a building |
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| Plural form of buttress. |
| Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buttress. |
| a structure of stone or brick built against a wall to strengthen or support it. |
| a source of defence or support. |
| A structure of stone or brick built against a wall to strengthen or support it. |
| A source of defence or support. |
| Provide (a building or structure) with buttresses. |
| Increase the strength of or justification for reinforce. |
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A Buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall. Buttresses are fairly common on more ancient buildings, as a means of providing support to act against the lateral (sideways) forces arising out of the roof structures that lack adequate bracing. * The term counterfort can be synonymous with buttress, and is often used when referring to dams, retaining walls and other structures holding back earth. * Early examples of buttresses are found on the Eanna Temple (ancient Uruk), dating to as early as the 4th millennium BCE.* |