Similar words: buttress, buttressing, flying buttress, stressed, unstressed, distressed, mattress, dressed. Meaning: ['bʌtrɪs] 
adj. held up by braces or buttresses.
adj. held up by braces or buttresses. 31. Next, when she has restored her own strength by some invigorating drink, she shall carry the Forest of Caledon in her right hand, and in her left the buttressed forts of the walls of London.
32. The government buttressed up its power to control rents by new laws.
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