Stützpfeiler — meaning in English

English meaning

• buttress noun A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
• mainstay noun A chief support.

Senses

Stützpfeiler is used for these senses in English:

• buttress (architecture) A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
• mainstay A chief support.

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.

mainstay — full definition

1. noun A chief support.
2. noun Someone or something that can be depended on to make a regular contribution.
3. noun A stabilising rope from high on the mainmast to the base of the foremast.

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