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Definition of buttresses:

(n) : (architecture) A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
(n) : (by extension) Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
(n) : (figurative) Anything that supports or strengthens.
(v) : To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.
(v) : (figurative, by extension) To support something or someone by supplying evidence.
(n) : (climbing) A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.

Definition of buttresses:

(n) : (architecture) A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
(n) : (by extension) Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
(n) : (figurative) Anything that supports or strengthens.
(v) : To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.
(v) : (figurative, by extension) To support something or someone by supplying evidence.
(n) : (climbing) A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.

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