buttress

[US]/ˈbʌtrəs/
[UK]/ˈbʌtrəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. en konstruktion, der er bygget op mod en væg for at støtte eller styrke den; en støtte
vt. at støtte eller styrke med en støttekonstruktion
Word Forms
Pluralbuttresses
Past Tensebuttressed
Past Participlebuttressed
Third Person Singularbuttresses
Present Participlebuttressing

Example Sentences

buttress up an argument

understøtte et argument

authority was buttressed by religious belief.

autoriteten blev understøttet af religiøs tro.

She buttressed her argument with solid facts.

Hun understøttede sit argument med solide fakta.

a buttress supporting the church wall

en støttebue, der understøtter kirkemuren

there was a demand for a new stable order as a buttress against social collapse.

der var en efterspørgsel efter en ny stabil orden som en støtte mod socialt sammenbrud.

The book is packed with anecdotes to buttress their view that she is a likeable Everywoman.

Bogen er fyldt med anekdoter for at understøtte deres syn på, at hun er en sympatisk kvinde.

Leaf buttress A leaf primordium, appearing as a protuberance on the side of the stem apex, produced by periclinal division of the tunica and corpus, and associated with a procambium.

Bladstøtte. En bladprimordium, der fremstår som en udvækst på siden af stængelspidsen, produceret ved periklinal deling af tunica og corpus, og forbundet med et procambium.

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