About The Word Erection
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Erection
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What's The Definition Of Erection?
[n] the act of building or putting up
[n] a structure that has been erected [n] an erect penis Synonyms | Synonyms for Erection: erecting | hard-on Related Terms | Find terms related to Erection: adobe house | apotheosis | architecture | ascent | assembly | assumption | beatification | building | canonization | casa | casting | cliff dwelling | composition | construct | construction | consulate | conversion | country house | country seat | crafting | craftsmanship | creation | cultivation | dacha | deanery | deification | devising | dwelling house | Dymaxion house | edifice | elaboration | elevation | embassy | enshrinement | erecting | escalation | establishment | exaltation | extraction | fabric | fabrication | farm | farmhouse | fashioning | formation | forming | formulation | framing | growing | hall | handicraft | handiwork | harvesting | heaving up | height | house | houseboat | lake dwelling | lifting | living machine | lodge | lofting | machining | making | manor house | manse | manufacture | manufacturing | milling | mining | molding | packaged house | parsonage | penthouse | pile | prefab | prefabricated house | prefabrication | preparation | presidential palace | processing | producing | pyramid | raising | ranch house | rearing | rectory | refining | roof | shaping | skyscraper | smelting | sod house | split-level | standing on end | structure | superstructure | sursum corda | tower | town house | upbuoying | upcast | upheaval | uplift | uplifting | upping | upraising | uprearing | upthrow | upthrust | vicarage | White House | workmanship See Also | building | construction | construction | sexual arousal | structure Erection In Webster's Dictionary \E*rec"tion\, n. [L. erectio: cf. F. ['e]rection.]
1. The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of
constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting
together the parts of, as a machine; the act of founding
or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the
act of rousing to excitement or courage.
2. The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established,
or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes.
Her peerless height my mind to high erection draws
up. --Sidney
3. State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.
4. Anything erected; a building of any kind.
5. (Physiol.) The state of a part which, from having been
soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of
blood in the erectile tissue.
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