(architecture) A buttress that stands apart from the structure that it supports, and is connected to it by an arch (flyer).

(architecture) A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it. / (by extension) Anything that serves to support something; a prop. / (botany) A buttress-root.

To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress. / (figuratively, by extension) To support something or someone by supplying evidence.

A vase-shaped orange-fleshed hard winter squash, a cultivar of Cucurbita moschata.

The mangrove tree (Conocarpus erectus, family Combretaceae) a tropical and subtropical species. / The American sycamore or American plane tree (Platanus occidentalis, family Platanaceae).

(colloquial, simile) To move effortlessly and in an agile fashion.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bread, and, butter. / Relating to basic sustenance or the requirements for everyday living.

(archaic) A general saying used to ward off bad luck / (archaic) A saying specifically used to ward off bad luck when separating hands to walk either side of a tree

The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse. / (rare) An abattoir, a slaughterhouse. / The butchering of meat. / A disastrous effort, an atrocious failure. / A meat market

(slang) The stereotypical behaviors and accoutrements of being a butch lesbian.