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buttress in Dutch

buttress in Dutch is beer, steun, steunbeer — buttress means a support made of brick, concrete or stone, set against a structure to hold it up.

buttress in Dutch

beer
noun
(architecture) A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
steun
noun
(architecture) A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
steunbeer
noun
(architecture) A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
stut
noun
(architecture) A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
steun
noun
(by extension) Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
stut
noun
(by extension) Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
ondersteunen
verb
To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.
stutten
verb
To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.
onderbouwen
verb
(figurative, by extension) To support something or someone by supplying evidence.
ondersteunen
verb
(figurative, by extension) To support something or someone by supplying evidence.

What does "buttress" mean?

  1. noun A support made of brick, concrete or stone, set against a structure to hold it up.
    "It was decided, therefore, to build eight concrete buttresses from the new strengthening work to safeguard the general stability of the wall along the length where the greatest movement had taken place."
  2. noun Something that gives support or strength to another thing.
  3. noun In botany, a wide, flat root that spreads out from the base of a tree trunk to help hold it up.
  4. noun A part of a mountain or rock face that sticks out sharply.
    "All that day they rode into broken land. The prairie with its grass and rolling hills was behind them, and they entered a sparse, dry, rocky country, full of draws and short cañons and ominous buttresses."
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buttress in a sentence

  • It was decided, therefore, to build eight concrete buttresses from the new strengthening work to safeguard the general stability of the wall along the length where the greatest movement had taken place.
  • All that day they rode into broken land. The prairie with its grass and rolling hills was behind them, and they entered a sparse, dry, rocky country, full of draws and short cañons and ominous buttresses.
  • Two short pitches up a chimney-crack are followed by a traverse right to the centre of the buttress.

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What is "buttress" in Dutch?
"buttress" in Dutch is beer, steun, steunbeer. buttress means: A support made of brick, concrete or stone, set against a structure to hold it up.
Are there other ways to say "buttress" in Dutch?
Yes — Dutch has 7 translations listed for "buttress": beer, steun, steunbeer, stut, ondersteunen, stutten.
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