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building
[ bil-ding ]
noun
- a relatively permanent enclosed construction over a plot of land, having a roof and usually windows and often more than one level, used for any of a wide variety of activities, as living, entertaining, or manufacturing.
- the act, business, or practice of constructing houses, office buildings, etc.
building
/ ˈbɪldɪŋ /
noun
- something built with a roof and walls, such as a house or factory
- the act, business, occupation, or art of building houses, boats, etc
Other Words From
- building·less adjective
- under·building noun
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Example Sentences
But no more so than the Sodexo building maintenance man or the two cops who were also killed in the crossfire.
The most recent issue contains detailed instructions for building car bombs, and the magazine frequently draws up hit-lists.
Two witnesses outside the Charlie Hebdo office building quoted the Kouachi brothers claiming they were members of al Qaeda.
I wish I was a young Carole King, working in the Brill Building.
Millions of dollars in renovation later the building is gorgeous—Clean, well-kept, organized.
Almost as soon as she had finished building her nest she had discovered a strange-looking egg there.
The last-named building remained in the possession of the Unitarians until 1861, when it was sold to the Roman Catholics.
Children, and the building of a city shall establish a name, but a blameless wife shall be counted above them both.
He has secured the release of certain Spanish prisoners, and is building two ships.
He saw a large building, in front of which were long, slender strips of shining steel.
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