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    FLYING BUTTRESS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an archplay

    Synonyms:

    arc-boutant; flying buttress

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("flying buttress" is a kind of...):

    buttress; buttressing (a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building)

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