BUTTRESS
/ˈbʌtɹəs/
10
Scrabble
12
WWF
B(3) U(1) T(1) T(1) R(1) E(1) S(1) S(1)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/ˈbʌtɹəs/
noun
- A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
- Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
- A buttress-root.
verb
- To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.
- (by extension) To support something or someone by supplying evidence; to corroborate or substantiate.
Source: Wiktionary
