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Meaning of butment | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier.
  2. The mass of stone or solid work at the end of a bridge, by which the extreme arches are sustained, or by which the end of a bridge without arches is supported.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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