proteção — meaning in English
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English meaning
- buttress noun A support made of brick, concrete or stone, set against a structure to hold it up.
- protection noun The act of keeping someone or something safe, or the state of being safe.
Senses
proteção is used for these senses in English:
- buttress (by extension) Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
- protection The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.
buttress — full definition
- noun A support made of brick, concrete or stone, set against a structure to hold it up.
- noun Something that gives support or strength to another thing.
- noun In botany, a wide, flat root that spreads out from the base of a tree trunk to help hold it up.
- noun A part of a mountain or rock face that sticks out sharply.
protection — full definition
- noun The act of keeping someone or something safe, or the state of being safe.
- noun Money extorted by criminals in exchange for supposedly preventing harm to a business.
- noun Trade restrictions designed to shield domestic industries from foreign competition.
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