Definitions For Buttress
noun
- A support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
- A structure built against a wall in order to support or strengthen it
verb
- Make stronger or defensible
- Reinforce with a buttress
- To support, strengthen, or defend (something)
Is Buttresses a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
14
The word Buttress is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Buttress in a Sentence
- The mother had always been the buttress of our family in trying times
- After the wall collapsed, the construction company agreed to rebuild it with a buttress
- The treaty will buttress the cause of peace.
- The theory has been buttressed by the results of the experiment.
Synonyms for Buttress
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