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Erection

Erection Definition And Meaning
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.

Erection Definition And Meaning

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

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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