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home⋅build⋅ing

[hohm-bil-ding]
–noun
1. the designing or constructing of houses.
–adjective
2. of, pertaining to, or associated with homebuilding: the homebuilding industry.

Origin:
1815–25; home + building
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home·build·er   (hōm'bĭl'dər)   
n.  
  1. One, such as a person or firm, whose business is the construction of dwellings.

  2. One who builds one's own home.

home'build'ing n.
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