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(architecture) A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier..
Use butment when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Butment means (architecture) A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier..
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