building trades


plural noun
  1. those trades, as carpentry, masonry, and plastering, that are primarily concerned with the construction and finishing of buildings.

Origin of building trades

1
First recorded in 1885–90

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How to use building trades in a sentence

  • That'll be equivalent to a general strike in all the building trades.

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