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buttress(noun, verb, support, hold, increase)
7
standard(noun, support, upright, post, stake)
7
stay(noun, support, hold, block, back)
6
caryatid(noun, support, post, monument)
6
foundation(noun, support, hold, block, back)
6
leader(noun, source, rock, mainstay)
6
monument(noun, support, record, post, height)
6
pile(noun, support, standard, upright, post)
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piling(noun, support, post, shaft, stake)
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rock(noun, support, informal, source, stability)
6
stake(noun, support, hold, block, back)
6
tower of strength(noun, expression, idiom, stay, source)
5
stud(noun, thing, upright, post, boss)
5
joist(noun, thing, foundation, beam, brace)
5
memorial(noun, honor, praise, record, stone)
5
monolith(noun, support, keep, record, stone)
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tablet(record, stone, writing, remembrance, memorial)
5
timber(noun, hold, block, back, thing)
4
beam(noun, boss, shaft, timber, strut)
4
cylinder(noun, support, post, beam, tunnel)
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