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Pronunciation / Transliteration: sahara
"इस नए साक्ष्य ने उनके दावे को और सहारा दिया।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A projecting support of stone or brick built against a wall to give it stability.
"The ancient cathedral was reinforced with massive stone buttresses to prevent the walls from collapsing."
- 1
To increase the strength of or justification for; reinforce or support.
"The company used new financial data to buttress its claim for increased market share."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old French 'boter' meaning to thrust or push, evolving into 'boterace' and later Middle English 'boteras'. Originally an architectural term for a projecting support built against a wall, it has metaphorically expanded to mean any support or prop for an argument, system, or institution.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Buttress" is said worldwide
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contrefort
Transliteration: kõtʁəfɔʁ
"Les contreforts soutiennent la structure de la cathédrale."
Strebepfeiler
Transliteration: ˈstʁeːbəˌpfaɪlɐ
"Der Strebepfeiler stützt die Außenwand der Kirche."
contrafforte
Transliteration: kontrafˈfɔrte
"Il contrafforte sostiene il peso del tetto."
contrafuerte
Transliteration: kontɾaˈfweɾte
"El contrafuerte refuerza el muro principal del edificio."
contraforte
Transliteration: kõtɾaˈfɔɾtʃi
"O argumento foi utilizado para contraforte da decisão."
सहारा
Transliteration: sahara
"इस नए साक्ष्य ने उनके दावे को और सहारा दिया।"
支柱
Transliteration: zhīzhù
"我们需要更多的证据来支柱这个理论。"
버팀대
Transliteration: beotimdae
"그 주장은 탄탄한 데이터로 뒷받침되고 있다."
控壁
Transliteration: hibeka
Script: 控え壁
"その古い教会は頑丈な控え壁で支えられている。"
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