contraforte

Portuguese

Noun

contraforte m (plural contrafortes)

  1. (architecture) buttress (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
    Synonym: botaréu
  2. buttress (feature jutting out from mountain)
  3. buttress (anything that serves to support something else)
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