building

  • 1building — I (business of assembling) noun aedificatio, amalgamation, architecture, arrangement, assembling, causation, collocation, compilation, composition, compounding, conformation, conjunction, constitution, construction, contriving, craftsmanship,… …

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  • 2building — build‧ing [ˈbɪldɪŋ] noun [uncountable] PROPERTY the business of building houses, offices, factories etc: • The building industry is still in recession. * * * building UK US /ˈbɪldɪŋ/ noun ► [C] PROPERTY a structure with walls and a roof, for… …

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  • 3building — [ b(ɥ)ildiŋ ] n. m. • 1895; mot angl. amér., de to build « construire » ♦ Anglic., vieilli Vaste immeuble moderne, à nombreux étages. ⇒ gratte ciel, 1. tour. « Le building monte ! vingt puits d ascenseurs le perforent de bout en bout » (Duhamel) …

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  • 4Building 19 — Building #19 is a chain of discount stores in New England. The main Building #19 store is located in Weymouth, Massachusetts; other stores have a fraction appended to their name (such as Building 19½, in Burlington or Building #19¾, in Norwood).… …

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  • 5Building 20 — was the name used to refer to the building on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, originally as a temporary structure, during World War II. It housed the Radiation Laboratory (or Rad Lab ), where fundamental advances in… …

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  • 6building — n Building, edifice, structure, pile are comparable when they mean a construction (as of wood, brick, or stone) intended to house a family, a business, or an institution. Building is the common and in most cases the adequate term {a school… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 7building — BUÍLDING s. v. zgârie nori. Trimis de siveco, 05.08.2004. Sursa: Sinonime  BUILDING s.n. (Rar) Clădire modernă de mari dimensiuni. [pron. bíl din. / < engl. building]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 23.11.2004. Sursa: DN  BUILDING [BIL DING] s. n.… …

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  • 8building — [bil′diŋ] n. 1. anything that is built with walls and a roof, as a house or factory; structure 2. the act, process, work, or business of constructing houses, ships, etc. SYN. BUILDING is the general term applied to a fixed structure in which… …

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  • 9Building — Build ing, n. 1. The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing. [1913 Webster] Hence it is that the building of our Sion rises no faster. Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] 2. The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 10building — ► NOUN 1) a structure with a roof and walls. 2) the process or trade of building houses and other structures …

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