HyperDic: buttressing

English > 1 sense of the word *buttressing*:
NOUN	artifact	buttressing, buttress	a support usually of stone or brick

buttressing > pronunciation
Sounds	bah'trahsihng
Rhymes	abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...

English > *buttressing*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	A support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building.
Synonym	buttress
Narrower	flying buttress, arc-boutant	A buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch
Broader	support	supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation
Spanish	boterete, contrafuerte
Catalan	contrafort, esperó