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Showing words for BUTTRESS using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Buttress

buttress

7 Letter Words for Buttress

bestrut, betrust, busters, butters, subtest, tubster, tutress

6 Letter Words for Buttress

berust, brusts, brutes, burets, burses, bursts, busser, buster, butter, buttes, estrus, rebuts, russet, struse, struts, stuber, sturte, sturts, subers, subset, surbet, surest, sutter, trests, truest, trusts, tsures, tubers, tusser, tutses, utters

5 Letter Words for Buttress

bests, brest, brett, bruet, brust, brute, buret, burse, burst, buses, busts, butes, butte, butts, erubs, estus, rebus, rebut, rests, rubes, ruses, russe, rusts, serut, setts, stert, stets, strub, strue, strut, stube, stubs, sture, sturt, suber, subet, subst, suers, suets, terts, tests, tress, trest, trues, truss, trust, tuber, tubes, turse, users, uster, utter

4 Letter Words for Buttress

bess, best, bets, bret, brut, bure, burs, burt, buss, bust, bute, buts, butt, erst, erub, ests, rebs, rest, rets, rube, rubs, rues, ruse, russ, rust, ruts, sebs, serb, sers, sert, sets, sett, ster, stet, stre, stub, stue, stut, subs, suer, sues, suet, sure, test, tets, tres, tret, trub, true, tube, tubs, tues, turb, tute, tuts, urbs, ures, user, uses, ussr, utes

3 Letter Words for Buttress

ber, bes, bet, btu, bur, bus, but, ebs, ers, ert, esr, ess, est, esu, reb, res, rte, rub, rue, rut, sbe, ser, set, sse, ssu, str, sub, sue, sur, sus, tbs, ter, tes, tet, trs, trt, tss, tst, tub, tue, tur, tut, urb, ure, urs, use, ust, ute, uts

Definitions for Buttress

[1] any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, especially a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall.
[2] any prop or support.
[3] a thing shaped like a buttress, as a tree trunk with a widening base.
[4] a bony or horny protuberance, especially on a horse's hoof.
[5] to support by a buttress; prop up.
[6] to give encouragement or support to (a person, plan, etc.).
[7] Also called: pier a construction, usually of brick or stone, built to support a wall See also flying buttress
[8] any support or prop
[9] something shaped like a buttress, such as a projection from a mountainside
[10] either of the two pointed rear parts of a horse's hoof
[11] to support (a wall) with a buttress
[12] to support or sustain

Words related to Buttress

strengthen, reinforce, uphold, mainstay, column, strut, stanchion, reinforcement, stay, underpinning, shore, prop, pier, abutment, bulwark, sustain, carry, brace

Words nearby Buttress

buttonmold, buttonmould, buttons, buttonwood, buttony, buttress, buttress plate, buttress root, buttress thread, butts and bounds, buttstock

Origin of Buttress

1350–1400; Middle English butres ≪ Old French (arc ) boterez thrusting (arch) nominative singular of boteret (accusative), equivalent to boter- abutment (perhaps < Germanic; see butt3) + -et -et

Other words from Buttress

but·tress·less , adjective
but·tress·like , adjective
non·but·tressed , adjective
un·but·tressed , adjective

Word origin for Buttress

C13: from Old French bouterez , short for ars bouterez thrusting arch, from bouter to thrust, butt ³

Synonyms for Buttress

abutment, column, mainstay, pier, prop, reinforcement, shore, stanchion, stay, strut, underpinning