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{"id": "buttress", "metadata": {"operation": "retrieve", "provider": "Oxford University Press", "schema": "RetrieveEntry"}, "results": [{"id": "buttress", "language": "en-gb", "lexicalEntries": [{"entries": [{"etymologies": ["Middle English: from Old French (ars) bouterez \u2018thrusting (arch)\u2019, from boter \u2018to strike or thrust\u2019 (see butt)"], "pronunciations": [{"audioFile": "https://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/buttress_gb_2.mp3", "dialects": ["British English"], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "\u02c8b\u028ctr\u026as"}], "senses": [{"definitions": ["a structure of stone or brick built against a wall to strengthen or support it"], "domainClasses": [{"id": "architecture", "text": "Architecture"}], "examples": [{"text": "the cathedral's massive buttresses"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0139700.006", "semanticClasses": [{"id": "architectural_feature", "text": "Architectural_Feature"}], "shortDefinitions": ["structure supporting or strengthening wall"], "subsenses": [{"definitions": ["a projecting portion of a hill or mountain."], "id": "m_en_gbus0139700.009", "semanticClasses": [{"id": "elevation", "text": "Elevation"}], "shortDefinitions": ["projecting part of hill etc."]}], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "prop"}, {"language": "en", "text": "support"}, {"language": "en", "text": "abutment"}, {"language": "en", "text": "shore"}, {"language": "en", "text": "pier"}, {"language": "en", "text": "reinforcement"}, {"language": "en", "text": "stanchion"}, {"language": "en", "text": "stay"}, {"language": "en", "text": "strut"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "buttress", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0001919.001"}]}, {"definitions": ["a source of defence or support"], "examples": [{"text": "she clung to her shrinking faith as a buttress against despair"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0139700.011", "semanticClasses": [{"id": "support", "text": "Support"}], "shortDefinitions": ["source of defence or support"]}]}], "language": "en-gb", "lexicalCategory": {"id": "noun", "text": "Noun"}, "text": "buttress"}, {"entries": [{"grammaticalFeatures": [{"id": "transitive", "text": "Transitive", "type": "Subcategorization"}], "pronunciations": [{"audioFile": "https://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/buttress_gb_2.mp3", "dialects": ["British English"], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "\u02c8b\u028ctr\u026as"}], "senses": [{"definitions": ["provide (a building or structure) with buttresses"], "examples": [{"text": "we buttressed the wall as it was showing signs of cracking and collapse"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0139700.014", "shortDefinitions": ["provide with buttresses"]}, {"definitions": ["increase the strength of or justification for; reinforce"], "examples": [{"text": "authority was buttressed by religious belief"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0139700.021", "shortDefinitions": ["strengthen or reinforce"], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "strengthen"}, {"language": "en", "text": "reinforce"}, {"language": "en", "text": "fortify"}, {"language": "en", "text": "support"}, {"language": "en", "text": "prop up"}, {"language": "en", "text": "bolster up"}, {"language": "en", "text": "shore up"}, {"language": "en", "text": "underpin"}, {"language": "en", "text": "cement"}, {"language": "en", "text": "brace"}, {"language": "en", "text": "uphold"}, {"language": "en", "text": "confirm"}, {"language": "en", "text": "defend"}, {"language": "en", "text": "maintain"}, {"language": "en", "text": "back up"}, {"language": "en", "text": "buoy up"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "buttress", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0001919.003"}]}]}], "language": "en-gb", "lexicalCategory": {"id": "verb", "text": "Verb"}, "text": "buttress"}], "type": "headword", "word": "buttress"}], "word": "buttress"}
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