All built-up synonyms
built-up
B b adj built-up
- fortified — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- strengthened — to make stronger; give strength to.
- assisted — to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.
- augmented — (of an interval) increased or expanded from the state of being perfect or major by the raising of the higher note or the dropping of the lower note by one semitone
- backed — having a back or backing
- buttressed — any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, especially a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall.
- braced — something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- banded — If something is banded, it has one or more bands on it, often of a different colour which contrasts with the main colour.
- stiffened — to make stiff.
- bolstered — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- beefed up — strengthened or reinforced.