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"word": "flying buttress"
}
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"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "ars bouterez",
"lit": "supporting arcs",
"pos": "noun"
},
"expansion": "Old French ars bouterez (noun, literally “supporting arcs”)",
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"2": "frk",
"3": "*botan"
},
"expansion": "Frankish *botan",
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},
{
"args": {
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"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*bautaną",
"4": "",
"5": "to push"
},
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"name": "der"
},
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"2": "beat"
},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old French ars bouterez (noun, literally “supporting arcs”), from bouterez (adj), oblique plural of bouteret (rare in the singular), from Frankish *botan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to push”). Ultimately cognate with beat.",
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"pos": "noun",
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{
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Architecture",
"orig": "en:Architecture",
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"Art",
"Sciences",
"Culture",
"All topics",
"Society",
"Fundamental"
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}
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{
"text": "Coordinate term: pilaster"
}
],
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"A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it."
],
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"architecture",
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[
"brick",
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],
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"structure",
"structure"
],
[
"support",
"support"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(architecture) A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "counterfort"
},
{
"word": "brace"
}
],
"topics": [
"architecture"
],
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{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kontrafors",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "контрафорс"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "contrafort"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "opěrný pilíř"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stut"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "steun"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "beer"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "steunbeer"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"word": "tukipilari"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arc-boutant m contrefort"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "contraforte"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Stützpfeiler"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Strebepfeiler"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Gewölbepfeiler"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Pfeiler"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Gegenlager"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Strebewerk"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "antirída",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "αντηρίδα"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "contrafforte"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "contrafforti"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sperone"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "erisma"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "potporka",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "потпорка"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kontrafor",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "контрафор"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "støtte"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"word": "przypora"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "botaréu"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "contraforte"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "contrafort"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kontrfors",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "контрфорс"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"word": "potporanj"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "oporný pilier"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "boterete"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "contrafuerte"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "estantal"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "machón"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "estribo"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"word": "stötta"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 2 3 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "strävpelare"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Anything that serves to support something; a prop."
],
"id": "en-buttress-en-noun-4MWK-wFU",
"links": [
[
"prop",
"prop"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension) Anything that serves to support something; a prop."
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "necʻuk",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"word": "նեցուկ"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "henaran",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"word": "հենարան"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "opora",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "опора"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podpora",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "подпора"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "opora"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stut"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "steun"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"word": "tuki"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "appui"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"word": "corroboration"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Stütze"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Strebe"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Aussteifung"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Abstützung"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Stempel"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "supporto"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"word": "corroborazione"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sperone"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "potpora",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "потпора"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"word": "hirinaki"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"word": "whirinaki"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "often refers to temporary supports",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"word": "kaumahaki"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "støtte"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "podpora"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "contraforte"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apoio"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "proteção"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "anteparo"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "reforço"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podporka",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "подпорка"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "opóra",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "опо́ра"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"word": "potporanj"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"word": "podupirač"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sostén"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apoyo"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "refuerzo"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 2 1 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"word": "stötta"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Botany",
"orig": "en:Botany",
"parents": [
"Biology",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "5 5 32 20 21 4 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A buttress-root."
],
"id": "en-buttress-en-noun-AEw4RZTd",
"links": [
[
"botany",
"botany"
],
[
"buttress-root",
"buttress-root"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(botany) A buttress-root."
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"botany",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Climbing",
"orig": "en:Climbing",
"parents": [
"Sports",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Crowell Buttresses, Dismal Buttress"
},
{
"ref": "2005, Will Cook, Until Darkness Disappears, page 54",
"text": "All that day they rode into broken land. The prairie with its grass and rolling hills was behind them, and they entered a sparse, dry, rocky country, full of draws and short cañons and ominous buttresses.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2010, Tony Howard, Treks and Climbs in Wadi Rum, Jordan, page 84",
"text": "Two short pitches up a chimney-crack are followed by a traverse right to the centre of the buttress.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock."
],
"id": "en-buttress-en-noun-QwN8Zi2H",
"links": [
[
"climbing",
"climbing#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(climbing) A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "crag"
},
{
"word": "bluff"
}
],
"topics": [
"climbing",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 4 10 79 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rid",
"sense": "feature jutting out from mountain; crag, bluff",
"word": "рид"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 10 79 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "feature jutting out from mountain; crag, bluff",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Vorsprung"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 10 79 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "feature jutting out from mountain; crag, bluff",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Vorbau"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 10 79 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "feature jutting out from mountain; crag, bluff",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Klippe"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 10 79 1",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
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"code": "sk",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
"word": "stötta"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it",
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "necʻuk",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"word": "նեցուկ"
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "henaran",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"word": "հենարան"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "opora",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "podpora",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
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"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stut"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "steun"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"word": "tuki"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "appui"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"word": "corroboration"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Stütze"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
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"word": "Strebe"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "Abstützung"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
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"word": "Stempel"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "supporto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"word": "corroborazione"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "sperone"
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{
"code": "mk",
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"roman": "potpora",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
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{
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
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"word": "støtte"
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "apoio"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "proteção"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "anteparo"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "reforço"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "podporka",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "подпорка"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "opóra",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "опо́ра"
},
{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"word": "potporanj"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"word": "podupirač"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sostén"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "apoyo"
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{
"code": "es",
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "anything that serves to support something",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rid",
"sense": "feature jutting out from mountain; crag, bluff",
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "feature jutting out from mountain; crag, bluff",
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"masculine"
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"word": "Vorsprung"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "feature jutting out from mountain; crag, bluff",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "feature jutting out from mountain; crag, bluff",
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"word": "Klippe"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "feature jutting out from mountain; crag, bluff",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Felsspitze"
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{
"code": "de",
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
],
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"text": "Buttressed by elaborate account statements and a deep reservoir of trust from his investors and regulators, Mr. Madoff steered his fraud scheme safely through a severe recession in the early 1990s, a global financial crisis in 1998 and the anxious aftermath of the terrorist attacks in September 2001.",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podpiram",
"sense": "support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress",
"word": "подпирам"
},
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress",
"word": "stutten"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress",
"word": "ondersteunen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress",
"word": "tukea"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress",
"word": "arc-bouter"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress",
"word": "stützen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress",
"word": "verstärken"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "potpira",
"sense": "support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress",
"word": "потпира"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress",
"word": "støtte"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress",
"word": "poduprijeti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress",
"word": "podboltati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress",
"word": "apuntalar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress",
"word": "stötta"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "poddǎržam",
"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
"word": "поддържам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
"word": "ondersteunen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
"word": "onderbouwen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
"word": "tukea"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
"word": "corroborer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
"word": "stützen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
"word": "untermauern"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
"word": "appoggiare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
"word": "sostenere"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
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"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
"word": "corroborare"
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"roman": "poddržuva",
"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
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"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
"word": "understøtte"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
"word": "corroborar"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
"word": "afianzar"
}
],
"word": "buttress"
}
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