a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
<noun.artifact>

buttress

buttressing

make stronger or defensible
<verb.change>

buttress

sample sentences

"buttress your thesis"

reinforce with a buttress
<verb.change>

buttress

sample sentences

"Buttress the church"

held up by braces or buttresses
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

braced

buttressed

a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
<noun.artifact>

buttress

buttressing

join by a butt weld
<verb.contact>

butt-weld

buttweld

a sandwich
<noun.food>

butty

sample sentences

"a bacon butty"

100 bututs equal 1 dalasi in Gambia
<noun.quantity>

butat

butut

a hydrocarbon radical (C4H9)
<noun.substance>

butyl

a flammable alcohol derived from butanes and used for solvents
<noun.substance>

butanol

butyl alcohol

a colorless pungent liquid sometimes used as a stimulant drug by drug abusers
<noun.artifact>

butyl nitrite

isobutyl nitrite

synthetic rubber made by polymerizing isobutylene
<noun.substance>

butyl rubber

introduce the butyl group into a chemical compound
<verb.change>

butylate

any of three isomeric hydrocarbons C4H8; all used in making synthetic rubbers
<noun.substance>

butene

butylene

having the qualities of butter or yielding or containing a substance like butter
<adj.pert>

butyraceous

relating to or producing butyric acid
<adj.pert>

butyric

an unpleasant smelling fatty acid found especially in butter
<noun.substance>

butanoic acid

butyric acid

any of three glycerides of butyric acid
<noun.substance>

butyrin

(of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous
<adj.all>

buxom

zaftig

zoftig

sample sentences

"a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton

(of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
<adj.all>

bosomy

busty

buxom

curvaceous

curvy

full-bosomed

sonsie

sonsy

stacked

voluptuous

well-endowed

sample sentences

"Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes"
"a curvy young woman in a tight dress"

in a curvaceous way
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

buxomly

curvaceously

sample sentences

"his date was curvaceously beguiling"

the bodily property of being attractively plump and vigorous and (of women) full-bosomed
<noun.attribute>

buxomness

an advantageous purchase
<noun.possession>

bargain

buy

steal

sample sentences

"she got a bargain at the auction"
"the stock was a real buy at that price"

obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
<verb.possession>   freq. cnt.: 136 freq. cnt.: 102 freq. cnt.: 34

buy

purchase

sample sentences

"The family purchased a new car"
"The conglomerate acquired a new company"
"She buys for the big department store"

make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
<verb.possession>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

bribe

buy

corrupt

grease one's palms

sample sentences

"This judge can be bought"

accept as true
<verb.cognition>

buy

sample sentences

"I can't buy this story"

acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange
<verb.possession>

buy

sample sentences

"She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"

be worth or be capable of buying
<verb.stative>

buy

sample sentences

"This sum will buy you a ride on the train"

do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
<verb.social>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

buy at

frequent

patronise

patronize

shop

shop at

sponsor

buy what had previously been sold, lost, or given away
<verb.possession>

buy back

repurchase

sample sentences

"He bought back the house that his father sold years ago"

purchase prepared food to be eaten at home
<verb.possession>

buy food

take out

amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use
<verb.possession>

buy in

stock

stock up

sample sentences

"let's stock coffee as long as prices are low"

buy stocks or shares of a company
<verb.possession>

buy into

be killed or die
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

buy it

pip out

pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor
<verb.possession>

buy off

pay off

take over ownership of; of corporations and companies
<verb.possession>   freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

buy out

buy up

take over