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FLYING BUTTRESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flying buttress mean?
• FLYING BUTTRESS (noun)
The noun FLYING BUTTRESS has 1 sense:
1. a buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch
Familiarity information: FLYING BUTTRESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
arc-boutant; flying buttress
Hypernyms ("flying buttress" is a kind of...):
buttress; buttressing (a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building)
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