stötta — meaning in English

English meaning

• buttress noun A support made of brick, concrete or stone, set against a structure to hold it up.
• prop noun An object used to support something, or to keep it in place.
• stanchion noun An upright post used to hold something up.
• stay verb To remain in a place rather than leaving.
• support noun Help, encouragement or resources given to someone or something.
• underpin verb To hold something up from underneath with supports or brickwork.

Senses

stötta is used for these senses in English:

• buttress (architecture) A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
• buttress (by extension) Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
• buttress To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.
• help out (transitive, intransitive) To provide assistance.
• hold up (transitive) To support or lift.
• hold up (idiomatic) To withstand; to stand up to; to survive.
• prop An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
• stanchion A vertical pole, post, or support.

buttress — full definition

1. noun A support made of brick, concrete or stone, set against a structure to hold it up.
2. noun Something that gives support or strength to another thing.
3. noun In botany, a wide, flat root that spreads out from the base of a tree trunk to help hold it up.
4. noun A part of a mountain or rock face that sticks out sharply.

prop — full definition

1. noun An object used to support something, or to keep it in place.
2. noun An object used on a stage or film set to help tell the story.
3. noun A proposition on an election ballot.
4. verb To support something by placing an object under or against it.

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