buttress
Definitions
Noun
- A support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
Verb
- Reinforce with a buttress
- Make stronger or defensible
Fragment
Sounds Like
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Words That Follow
Words That Precede
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Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "buttress".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buttressed | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | buttresses | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | buttress | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | buttressing | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "buttress".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | business | 2 | 393 |
| 2 | badness | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | barcus | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | baseless | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | backless | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | barkus | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | bartus | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | beilfuss | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | berettas | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | bialas | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | bierbusse | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | bigness | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | bilious | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | blueness | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | bockius | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | boneless | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | brajdas | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | broadus | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | brutus | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | bulbous | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | bumpus | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | bupkus | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "buttress".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bitterness | 3 | 18 |
| 2 | butts | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | burgess | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | buttresses | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | buttressed | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | butte | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | buttressing | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | buttrey | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | butters | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | buttars | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | burress | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | burness | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | tress | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | bures | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | bress | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | mattress | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | huntress | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | buttered | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | butare's | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | burtness | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "buttress" in a sentence.
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|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "buttress" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "buttress" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "buttress".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 4
Sound Alikes: 22
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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