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buttressesnounpl. of buttress something or someone to which one looks for supportthe mother had always been the buttress of our family in trying times anchors, dependences(also dependances), mainstays, pillars, reliances, standbys backbones, sinews, spinesright handsbolsterers, crutches, handmaidens(also handmaids), props, staysanchorages, harbors, refuges a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something elseafter the wall collapsed, the construction company agreed to rebuild it with a buttress braces, mountings, mounts, props, reinforcements, shores, spurs, stays, supports, underpinnings shoringscolumns, pedestals, pilasters, pillarsarches, bolsters, brackets, cantilevers, girdersbearingscrutches, pegs, posts, stakes, stanchions, stands, stilts, struts, trussesbases, foundations, frames to hold up or serve as a foundation fora brace buttressed the wall bears, bolsters, braces, carries, props (up), shores (up), stays, supports, sustains, undergirds, underpins, upholds steadies, trusses, underlies to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)a mass of circumstantial evidence buttresses the prosecutor's case backs, bolsters, corroborates, reinforces(also reenforces), shores (up), substantiates, supports confirms, establishes, proves, verifiesaffirms, avouches, validates undercuts, undermines, weakens |