proteção — meaning in English
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English meaning
- buttress noun A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
- 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 brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
- noun Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
- noun A buttress root.
- noun A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.
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.