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Noun buttress has 1 sense
  1. buttress, buttressing - a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
    --1 is a kind of support
    --1 has particulars: flying buttress, arc-boutant
    Derived form: verb buttress1
,Verb buttress has 2 senses
  1. buttress - reinforce with a buttress; "Buttress the church"
    --1 is one way to     reinforce, reenforce
    Derived form: noun buttress1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. buttress - make stronger or defensible; "buttress your thesis"
    --2 is one way to     strengthen, beef up, fortify
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
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