stötta — meaning in English
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English meaning
- buttress noun A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
- prop noun An object used to support something, or to keep it in place.
- stanchion noun A vertical pole, post, or support.
- stay verb To remain in a place rather than leaving.
- support noun Help, encouragement or resources given to someone or something.
- underpin verb To support from below with props or masonry.
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
- 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.
prop — full definition
- noun An object used to support something, or to keep it in place.
- noun An object used on a stage or film set to help tell the story.
- noun A proposition on an election ballot.
- verb To support something by placing an object under or against it.