anteparo — meaning in English

English meaning

• buttress noun A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
• screen noun A flat surface on a device or in a cinema on which images or text are displayed.

Senses

anteparo is used for these senses in English:

• buttress (by extension) Anything that serves to support something; a prop.

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.

screen — full definition

1. noun A flat surface on a device or in a cinema on which images or text are displayed.
2. verb To examine or test someone or something to detect a problem, risk, or suitability.
3. verb To shield or conceal something from view.
4. verb To show a film or program publicly.

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