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Building

Building Meaning & Definition
Building Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Building?

[n] the act of constructing or building something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats"
[n] the commercial activity involved in constructing buildings; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades"
[n]
[n] the occupants of a building; "the entire building complained about the noise"
[adj] increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree; "muscle-building exercises"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Building: augmentative | augmenting | construction | edifice | increasing

Related Terms | Find terms related to Building: adobe house | anatomy | architectonics | architecture | arrangement | assemblage | assembly | build | buildup | casa | casting | cliff dwelling | combination | composition | compound | conformation | constitution | construct | construction | consulate | conversion | country house | country seat | crafting | craftsmanship | creation | cultivation | dacha | deanery | devising | dwelling house | Dymaxion house | edifice | elaboration | embassy | embodiment | erection | establishment | extraction | fabric | fabrication | farm | farmhouse | fashion | fashioning | forging | form | format | formation | forming | formulation | frame | framing | getup | growing | hall | handicraft | handiwork | harvesting | house | houseboat | hut | incorporation | junction | lake dwelling | living machine | lodge | machining | make | makeup | making | manor house | manse | manufacture | manufacturing | milling | mining | mixture | mold | molding | organic structure | organism | organization | packaged house | parsonage | pattern | patterning | penthouse | physique | piecing together | pile | plan | prefab | prefabricated house | prefabrication | preparation | presidential palace | processing | producing | production | putting together | pyramid | raising | ranch house | rectory | refining | roof | setup | shape | shaping | skyscraper | smelting | sod house | split-level | structure | structuring | superstructure | syneresis | synthesis | tectonics | texture | tissue | tower | town house | vicarage | warp and woof | weave | web | White House | workmanship

See Also | abattoir | annex | annexe | antechamber | anteroom | apartment building | apartment house | architecture | assemblage | assembly | aviary | bathhouse | bathing machine | bird sanctuary | bowling alley | business | business enterprise | butchery | casino-hotel | center | centre | chapterhouse | club | clubhouse | commercial enterprise | construction | corner | cornerstone | court | courtyard | creating from raw materials | crenelation | crenellation | cullis | dead room | dorm | dormitory | dry walling | eating house | eating place | elevator | entrance hall | erecting | erection | extension | exterior door | fabrication | farm building | feedlot | firetrap | floor | foundation stone | foyer | gambling den | gambling hell | gambling house | gaming house | gathering | gazebo | glasshouse | government building | grading | greenhouse | hall | Hall of Fame | health facility | heat | heating | heating plant | heating system | hotel | hotel-casino | house | house of God | house of prayer | house of worship | house painting | house-raising | interior door | jerry-building | level | leveling | library | lift | lobby | masonry | medical building | ministry | morgue | mortuary | nook | nursery | observatory | office block | office building | opium den | outbuilding | outside door | packinghouse | painting | place of worship | planetarium | plumbery | plumbing | presbytery | quoin | residence hall | rest house | restaurant | rink | road construction | roofing | rustication | shambles | sheet-metal work | shingling | shipbuilding | skating rink | slaughterhouse | storey | story | structure | student residence | summerhouse | vestibule | volary | wing

Building In Webster's Dictionary

\Build"ing\, n. 1. The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing. Hence it is that the building of our Sion rises no faster. --Bp. Hall. 2. The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture. The execution of works of architecture necessarily includes building; but building is frequently employed when the result is not architectural. --Hosking. 3. That which is built; a fabric or edifice constructed, as a house, a church, etc. Thy sumptuous buildings and thy wife's attire Have cost a mass of public treasury. --Shak.

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