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(architecture) A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it. / (by extension) Anything that serves to support something; a prop. / (botany) A buttress-root.

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buttress

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Source Word

buttress

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈbʌtɹəs/

Noun

broadly figuratively

(architecture) A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it. / (by extension) Anything that serves to support something; a prop. / (botany) A buttress-root.

Japanese Meaning

（建築）他の構造物を支えるために、その建物に取り付けられたレンガまたは石造の補助構造物。 / （派生的な意味）何かを支えるもの、または支えとなるもの。 / （植物学）補助根、特に土台を固めるための根の一種。