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Noun
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1. architecture A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
2. Anything that serves to support something; a prop.

Derived terms
flying buttress

Synonyms
counterfort

Translations
trans-top|brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
Dutch: t|nl|stut m, t+|nl|steun m
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Russian: кон���о�� m
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trans-top|anything that serves to support something
Dutch: t|nl|stut m, t+|nl|steun m
French: t+|fr|appui|m
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Russian: подпо�ка f, опо�а f
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ttbc|German: Strebepfeiler m, Strebewerk n
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Verb
en-verb|buttress|es

1. To support something with, or as if with a buttress.
2. To support something or someone by supplying evidence; to corroborate or substantiate.

Translations
trans-top|support something with, or as if with a buttress
Dutch: t|nl|stutten, t+|nl|ondersteunen
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trans-top|support something or someone by supplying evidence
Dutch: t+|nl|ondersteunen, t|nl|onderbouwen
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ttbc|German: aussteifen, stärken, stützen
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• 2007-11-13 13:26 - Tbot - updated t/t-/t+ templates, added t for fr

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