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31 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. building
  2. build
  3. building and loan association
  4. building block
  5. building carpenter
  6. building code
  7. building drain
  8. building iron
  9. building lease
  10. building line
  11. building lot
  12. building paper
  13. building sewer
  14. building slip
  15. building society
  16. building superintendent
  17. building trades
  18. building trap
  19. apartment building
  20. castle-building
  21. empire building
  22. house-building rat
  23. loft building
  24. sawtooth building
  25. sick building syndrome
  26. strip building
  27. terminating building and loan association
  28. word-building
  29. build in
  30. build up

build·ing

noun \ˈbil-diŋ\

Definition of BUILDING

1
: a usually roofed and walled structure built for permanent use (as for a dwelling)
2
: the art or business of assembling materials into a structure
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Examples of BUILDING

  1. My office is in that small brick building.
  2. We bought the land for building.

First Known Use of BUILDING

14th century

Related to BUILDING

Synonyms
edifice, structure

Other Building Terms

batten, cistern, hearth, lath, transom, wainscot

Rhymes with BUILDING

hilding

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