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buildings - 2 dictionary results

build⋅ing

[bil-ding]
–noun
1. 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.
2. anything built or constructed.
3. the act, business, or practice of constructing houses, office buildings, etc.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME byldinge. See build, -ing 1


build⋅ing⋅less, adjective


1. Building, edifice, structure refer to something built. Building and structure may apply to either a finished or an unfinished product of construction, and carry no implications as to size or condition. Edifice is a more formal word and narrower in application, referring to a completed structure, and usually a large and imposing one. Building generally connotes a useful purpose (houses, schools, business offices, etc.); structure suggests the planning and constructive process.
build·ing   (bĭl'dĭng)   
n.  
  1. Something that is built, as for human habitation; a structure.
  2. The act, process, art, or occupation of constructing.
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