buttress
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
Types & categories
- support hypernym
- flying buttress hyponym
Related & opposite
- buttress derivation
Sense 2 verb
reinforce with a buttress
Buttress the church
Types & categories
- reinforce hypernym
Related & opposite
- buttress derivation
Sense 3 verb
make stronger or defensible
buttress your thesis
Types & categories
- strengthen hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | buttress |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | support |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | flying buttress |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | buttress |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | reinforce |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | strengthen |