Buttresses
Walls and buttresses are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Walls" instead a noun "Buttresses".
Walls
Buttresses and walls are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Buttresses" instead a noun "Walls".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Cathedrals also display feats of engineering like large stained glass windows in load-bearing walls, and vast open areas supported externally by flying buttresses.
Source: Medieval Morons
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Walls and Buttresses. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/buttresses/walls
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