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English
Noun
contrefort (plural contreforts)
- Synonym of counterfort (“buttress built against a wall”)
- Synonym of counterfort (“spur of a mountain range”)
French
Pronunciation
Noun
contrefort m (plural contreforts)
- foothills (hilly land near the base of a mountain range)
- (architecture) buttress
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