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Word entry · 7 letters

support

Best crossword clue

"Help or backing"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /səˈpɔːt/Part of speech noun, verbSorted opprstuStarts with SEnds with T1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Help, backing, or something that holds another thing up.

Word origin

From Middle English supporten, from Old French supporter, from Latin supportō.

Used in a sentence

  • Don’t move that beam! It supports the whole platform.
  • He staggered away from the accident site, supported by one friend on each side.
  • There is a soft-mat seat (which originally had a palm fiber underwebbing) supported by three curved transverse braces.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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