Buttressed

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

Having buttresses or supports..

Definitions by Sense

1. Having buttresses or supports.
2. simple past and past participle of buttress

Example Sentences

Only the buttressed outer walls still stood.

[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.

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• more buttressed
• most buttressed

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