contrafort — meaning in English

English meaning

• buttress noun A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
• spur noun A spiked device worn on a rider's boot heel to urge a horse forward.

Senses

contrafort is used for these senses in English:

• buttress (architecture) A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
• spur (geology) A mountain that shoots from another mountain or range and extends some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.

buttress — full definition

1. noun A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
2. noun Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
3. noun A buttress root.
4. noun A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.

spur — full definition

1. noun A spiked device worn on a rider's boot heel to urge a horse forward.
2. noun Something that motivates or drives someone to act.
3. noun A ridge or side branch jutting out from something larger, such as a mountain range or road.
4. verb To urge someone or something into action.

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