reforço — meaning in English

English meaning

• buttress noun A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
• recruit noun A person newly enlisted in the military, or newly hired somewhere.
• reinforcement noun The act of making something stronger, or the material used to strengthen it.

Senses

reforço is used for these senses in English:

• buttress (by extension) Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
• recruit A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.

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.

recruit — full definition

1. noun A person newly enlisted in the military, or newly hired somewhere.
2. verb To find and enroll people for a job, team, or organization.

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