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buttress

How many syllables in buttress?

  2 syllables

Divide buttress into syllables:   but-tress
Stressed syllable in buttress:   but-tress
How to pronounce buttress:   buh-tris
How to say buttress:

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Synonyms for buttress


1 syllable
  • brace
  • leg
  • check
  • prop
2 syllables
  • bolster
  • cement
  • holdup
  • prop up
  • stanchion
  • structure
  • bulwark
  • hold up
  • piling
  • shore up
  • strengthen
  • support
3 syllables
  • fortify
  • underpin
4 syllables
  • flying buttress
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