Vocabulary
Buttress
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a structure of stone or brick built against a wall to strengthen or support it.
Urdu meaning
سہارا، کسی دیوار کی پشتہ بندی کرنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- This instability is encouraged by powerful families that benefit from it through the `culture of exemptions`, which enables members of the elite to buttress their positions and thwart competition.
- He draws on psychology and sociology to buttress many of his observations.
- The ongoing financial crisis put pressure on this figure and it continued to fall till India decided to ship out (with a buyback option) and lease bullion (its gold reserves) in order to buttress its reserves.
- The ongoing financial crisis put pressure on this figure and it continued to fall till India decided to ship out (with a buyback option) and lease bullion (its gold reserves) in order to buttress its reserves.
Synonyms
prop, support, abutment, shore, pier, reinforcement, stanchion, stay, strut
Antonyms
undercut, undermine, weaken
Curator example
“the cathedral’s massive buttresses”
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