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support

3 entries found.


Entry Word:
support
Function:
noun
Text: 1 something that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else<if you don't add a couple more supports to that tower of blocks, it's going to fall down>Synonymsbrace, bulwark, buttress, mount, mounting, shore, stay, underpinningRelated Wordscolumn, pedestal, pilaster, pillar; arch, bracket, cantilever; crutch, mainstay, peg, post, stake, stanchion, stand, stilt, truss; base, foundation, frame 2 an act or instance of helping<the teamʼs victory owes a lot to Joeʼs strong support in left field>— see help 1 3 something or someone to which one looks for support<Grandfather has long been the extended familyʼs emotional and financial support in times of trouble>— see dependence 2
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