English-Thai Dictionary

buttress

N โครงสร้าง ที่ เป็น ส่วน ค้ำจุน  strut krong-sang-ti-pen-suan-kam-jun

 

buttress

VT ส่วน ที่ ค้ำจุน  ส่วน ที่ ค้ำ  suan-ti-kam-jun

 

buttress up

PHRV ทำให้ เข้มแข็ง  ทำให้ เข็ม เข็ง  tham-hai-kem-kaeng

 

buttress up

PHRV สร้าง ให้ แข็งแรง (อาคาร หรือ สิ่งก่อสร้าง  sang-hai-kaeng-rang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BUTTRESS

n.[This word appears to be composed of but, end, and truss, or some word of that family. ] 1. A prop; a wall or abutment built archwise, serving to support another wall on the outside, when very high or loaded with a heavy superstructure.
2. Any prop or support.

 

BUTTRESS

v.t.To support by a buttress; to prop.

 

BUTTRESSED

a.Supported with a buttress.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BUTTRESS

But "tress, n. Etym: [OE. butrasse, boterace, fr. F. bouter to push; cf. OF. bouteret (nom. sing. and acc. pl. bouterez ) buttress. See Butt an end, and cf. Butteris. ]

 

1. (Arch. )

 

Defn: A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry.

 

Note: When an external projection is used merely to stiffen a wall, it is a pier.

 

2. Anything which supports or strengthens. "The ground pillar and buttress of the good old cause of nonconformity. " South. Flying buttress. See Flying buttress.

 

BUTTRESS

But "tress, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buttressed (p. pr. & vb. n.Buttressing.]

 

Defn: To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly. To set it upright again, and to prop and buttress it up for duration. Burke.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

buttress

but tress |ˈbətris ˈbətrəs | ▶noun 1 a projecting support of stone or brick built against a wall. • a projecting portion of a hill or mountain. 2 a source of defense or support: there was a demand for a new stable order as a buttress against social collapse. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 provide (a building or structure ) with projecting supports built against its walls: (as adj. buttressed ) : a buttressed wall. 2 increase the strength of or justification for; reinforce: authority was buttressed by religious belief. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French (ars ) bouterez ‘thrusting (arch ),’ from boter ‘to strike, thrust ’ (see butt 1 ).

 

buttress root

but tress root ▶noun a tree root whose upper, exposed parts project from the trunk like a buttress.

 

Oxford Dictionary

buttress

buttress |ˈbʌtrɪs | ▶noun 1 a structure of stone or brick built against a wall to strengthen or support it: the cathedral's massive buttresses. • a projecting portion of a hill or mountain. 2 a source of defence or support: the political police were the main buttress of the regime. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 provide (a building or structure ) with buttresses: (as adj. buttressed ) : a buttressed wall. 2 increase the strength of or justification for; reinforce: authority was buttressed by religious belief. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French (ars ) bouterez ‘thrusting (arch )’, from boter ‘to strike or thrust ’ (see butt 1 ).

 

buttress root

but tress root ▶noun a tree root whose upper, exposed parts project from the trunk like a buttress.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

buttress

buttress noun 1 stone buttresses: prop, support, abutment, brace, shore, pier, reinforcement, stanchion. 2 a buttress against social collapse: safeguard, defense, protection, guard; support, prop; bulwark. ▶verb strategic design was buttressed by the detailed staff work: strengthen, reinforce, fortify, support, bolster, shore up, underpin, cement, uphold, prop up, defend, sustain, back up.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

buttress

buttress noun 1 the wall was supported by stone buttresses: prop, support, abutment, shore, pier, reinforcement, stanchion, stay, strut. 2 a buttress against social collapse: safeguard, defence, defender, protector, protection, guard, support, supporter, prop, mainstay; bulwark, bastion, stronghold. ▶verb authority was buttressed by religious belief: strengthen, reinforce, fortify, support, prop up, bolster up, shore up, underpin, cement, brace, uphold, confirm, defend, maintain, back up, buoy up.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

buttress

but tress /bʌ́trəs /名詞 C 1 〘建 〙(教会などの )控え壁, 扶壁 .2 支え, 頼りになるもの .動詞 他動詞 «…で » 〈主張など 〉を強化 [支持 ]する (up ); 〈人 制度など 〉を (経済的に )支える «with » ; …を控え壁で支える .