tukipilari — meaning in English

English meaning

• buttress noun A support made of brick, concrete or stone, set against a structure to hold it up.
• mainstay noun The main thing that something relies on for support.

Senses

tukipilari is used for these senses in English:

• buttress (architecture) A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
• flying buttress (architecture) A buttress that stands apart from the structure that it supports, and is connected to it by an arch (flyer).
• mainstay A chief support.

buttress — full definition

1. noun A support made of brick, concrete or stone, set against a structure to hold it up.
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.

mainstay — full definition

1. noun The main thing that something relies on for support.
2. noun A person or thing you can always count on to play a steady, important part.
3. noun A rope running from near the top of a ship's mainmast down to the foremast, used to hold it steady.

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