buttressing

• Существительное, обозначающее опору, обычно из камня или кирпича, которая укрепляет или стабилизирует стену здания.

A noun referring to a support, typically made of stone or brick, that reinforces or stabilizes a wall of a building.

1. Architectural supportB2formal

   A structure, usually made of stone or brick, built against a wall to support or strengthen it.

   Контрфорс

   • The cathedral's massive buttressing helps support its high walls.
   • Medieval architects used buttressing to prevent walls from collapsing.
   • The old church needed new buttressing to remain stable.

   Synonymsbracebuttresspropshorestaysupport

• Глагол, означающий поддерживать или укреплять конструкцию, аргумент или систему, часто с помощью дополнительных доказательств или усиления.

A verb meaning to support or strengthen a structure, argument, or system, often with additional evidence or reinforcement.

1. Support or strengthenC1formal

   To support or reinforce a structure, argument, or system.

   Укреплять

   • The architect buttressed the old wall with steel beams.
   • The lawyer buttressed her case with new evidence.
   • The government buttressed the economy with new policies.

   Synonymsbolsterbracepropreinforceshorestrengthensupportsustainunderpin

   Antonymsdestabilizeerodesapundermineweaken