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Buttressing

of Buttress

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Support 76% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Buttress 92% connected

A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stress noun · 78% connection

(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of a…

Used in the same subject area: Civil engineering, Engineering.
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Base noun · 78% connection

lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"

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Beam noun · 78% connection

long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction

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Bridge noun · 78% connection

a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

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Construction noun · 78% connection

a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair i…

Used in the same subject area: Civil engineering, Engineering.
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Foot noun · 78% connection

lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"

Used in the same subject area: Civil engineering, Engineering.
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Foundation noun · 78% connection

lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"

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Fundament noun · 78% connection

lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"

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Groundwork noun · 78% connection

lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"

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Load verb · 78% connection

put (something) on a structure or conveyance; "load the bags onto the trucks"

Used in the same subject area: Civil engineering, Engineering.
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Span noun · 78% connection

a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

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Steel noun · 78% connection

an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range

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Structure noun · 78% connection

a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair i…

Used in the same subject area: Civil engineering, Engineering.
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Substructure noun · 78% connection

lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"

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Understructure noun · 78% connection

lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"

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Breaking point noun · 78% connection

the degree of tension or stress at which something breaks

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Mechanical stress noun · 78% connection

elastic stress (any deformation of a solid material) and viscous stress (the gradual changing of the deformation) combined.; "The rela…

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Tension noun · 78% connection

(physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body; "the direction of maximum tension moves asymptotically tow…

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Arcboutant noun · 78% connection

A flying buttress.

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Butment noun · 78% connection

A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier.

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Buttressed imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Buttress

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Counterfort noun · 78% connection

A kind of buttress of masonry to strengthen a revetment wall.

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Pier noun · 78% connection

Any additional or auxiliary mass of masonry used to stiffen a wall. See Buttress.

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Pinnacle noun · 78% connection

An architectural member, upright, and generally ending in a small spire, -- used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a propo…

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Prop verb · 78% connection

support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore and buttress an old building"

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Prop up verb · 78% connection

support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore and buttress an old building"

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Shore verb · 78% connection

support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore and buttress an old building"

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Shore up verb · 78% connection

support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore and buttress an old building"

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Skew noun · 78% connection

A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, or the like, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to rec…

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Spur noun · 78% connection

The short wooden buttress of a post.

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