building
nounEtymology
From Middle English byldynge, buyldyng, byldyng, buldynge, buldyng, boldyng, equivalent to build + -ing. Compare also related Middle English bold (“edifice, castle, mansion”), from Old English bold (“building, dwelling, house”).
- inherited from byldynge
Definitions
The act or process by which something is built
The act or process by which something is built; construction.
- The building of the bridge will be completed in a couple of weeks.
A closed structure with walls and a roof.
- My sister lives in that apartment building.
- One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks.
- Why doesn't Italy finish their buildings
Synonym of Tits building.
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present participle and gerund of build
The neighborhood
- synonymbuilding
- synonymedifice
- synonymwark
- neighborabode
- neighbor:Category:Buildings
- neighborList of building types on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- neighborList of house types on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- neighborstructure
- neighborhouse
- neighborpalace
- neighborrow house
- neighbortownhouse
- neighborchurch
- neighborcathedral
- neighborsynagogue
Derived
abuilding, apartment building, bldg., boatbuilding, bodybuilding, break-building, bridgebuilding, buildering, building and pest, building block, building code, building envelope, buildingful, buildingless, buildinglike, building material, building paper, building permit, building site, building society, building trade, buildingwide, building worker, burn building, carriagebuilding, castlebuilding, coachbuilding, condo building, deckbuilding, duck building, Elvis has left the building, empire-building, forebuilding, go jump off a building, green building, has left the building, homebuilding, housebuilding, institution-building, interbuilding · +38 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at building. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at building. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at building
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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